'Well done boys' - Babar Azam lavishes praises on Pakistan U19 squad for their splendid victory over India in Asia Cup

Pakistan recently beat India by two wickets in what was a thriller match in the Under 19 Asia Cup. Post the team’s victory, Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam has heaped praises on the under 19 team for their performance.  Muhammad Shehzad and Zeeshan Zameer stood out for the side to be the architects of the team’s victory.

Babar Azam thus took it to his official Twitter account to motivate the young cricketers. He asked them to keep performing well for the side and make the country proud. He retweeted the video posted by Pakistan Cricket and stated that he prays for their success.

“Well done boys, keep performing like this and continue to make all of us proud. Praying for your more successes in cricket,” his Tweet read.

Babar Azam praises the under 19 team post their win over India  

Well done boys, keep performing like this and continue to make all of us proud. Praying for your more successes in cricket.🇵🇰 https://t.co/fKMeRsb3Q4

— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) December 25, 2021

After having won the toss the Pakistan team elected to field first at the ICC Academy Ground No 2, Dubai. India lost an early wicket as opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi walked back to the hut on a duck. Harnoor Singh added valuable 46 runs to the team’s account but wickets kept falling from the other end.

Keeper batter Aaradhya Yadav hit a half-century to provide stability to the team. Whereas Kaushal Tambe (32) and Rajvardhan Hangargekar (33) further took the mantle to chip in crucial runs for India as the team could manage to post the target of 238 for the opposition.

For Pakistan, right-arm medium pacer Zeeshan Zameer starred with the ball and asked difficult questions to India’s batters. He ran through the opposition’s batting unit to secure five wickets. The speedster also maintained a healthy economy rate in his spell. Awais Ali also chimed in with two wickets to help the team take command of the game.

Chasing down the total, Pakistan also lost their opener Abdul Bangalzai for a duck. Muhammad Shehzad however stayed firm on the pitch and played an impressive knock of 81 runs off 105 deliveries. India’s pacer Raj Bawa though picked up four wickets, the team wasn’t able to restrict the Men in Green early on. In the end, Pakistan won the nail-biting encounter to dominate the proceedings against India.