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Pakistan and India set for U19 Asia Cup 2025 duel in Dubai: Who will win?

U19 Asia Cup 2025: Who’s your pick to win the big clash?


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Pakistan and India face off in the U19 Asia Cup 2025 on Sunday, December 14, at the ICC Academy Ground, Dubai, a group-stage clash that doubles as the marquee fixture of the tournament.

With both teams placed in Group A, this fixture could decide semifinal spots, adding extra weight to an already fierce rivalry.
 
All eyes will be on young batters Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre during India’s Asia Cup U-19 campaign, but a key point of attention will be whether the BCCI permits the players to shake hands with the Pakistan team, a gesture seen as basic sporting courtesy at the junior level.

The India U-19 team, captained by Mumbai and CSK opener Mhatre, will start its campaign against the UAE on Friday. The match against Pakistan on Sunday is expected to draw the most attention in a tournament viewed as preparation for next year’s U-19 World Cup.

In the senior men’s Asia Cup, the Women’s ODI World Cup and the Rising Stars Asia Cup T20, Indian players did not shake hands with Pakistan players as a gesture of support for the Indian Army and victims of the Pahalgam terror attack.

For the U-19 players, it is understood that the ICC prefers that political issues not be linked with junior cricket and that regular protocols of sportsmanship be followed.

"The boys haven't been told anything. But obviously BCCI has given explicit instructions to its manager Anand Datar. Now if Indian boys don't shake hands with Pakistan team then match referee will have to be informed in advance. We know for a fact that ICC doesn't want politics to take front seat when it comes to junior cricket.

So it is a case of both bad optics and public sentiment," a BCCI official was quoted as saying by the news agency PTI.

In the tournament, India and Pakistan are expected to make the semi-finals as the top two teams from Group A. Malaysia and the UAE are the other group members and have limited experience in 50-over cricket.

Both Sooryavanshi and Mhatre enter the event after strong performances in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Mhatre contributed with consecutive centuries and a fifty in the group stage, while Sooryavanshi became the youngest player to score a SMAT century, against Maharashtra

.In India’s 15-member squad, these two players have played more than 30 senior matches across formats and have a combined total of nine centuries. This is the highest number of senior-level centuries when compared to all the other seven teams together, making India strong contenders in the tournament.

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Both teams batted first in their opening games and scored mammoth runs..

India scored 433 while Pakistan scored 345... This upcoming game is gonna be one hell of a clash.
 
Both teams batted first in their opening games and scored mammoth runs..

India scored 433 while Pakistan scored 345... This upcoming game is gonna be one hell of a clash.
345 is just slightly above average 433 is a MASSIVE score.

india is far ahead. They should win this with ease. Have we been able to send some uncle with a clean shave and hair dye to batter them and pretend to be u-19. If not, we have no chance against these youngsters from worlds 4th largest economy.
 
345 is just slightly above average 433 is a MASSIVE score.

india is far ahead. They should win this with ease. Have we been able to send some uncle with a clean shave and hair dye to batter them and pretend to be u-19. If not, we have no chance against these youngsters from worlds 4th largest economy.
We heard India D with Chintu Laals would be enough to dispatch every team in the Rising Stars tournament.

The team couldn't even play the final :maqsood
 
We heard India D with Chintu Laals would be enough to dispatch every team in the Rising Stars tournament.

The team couldn't even play the final :maqsood
After that match, I have high hopes from Pakistan u19 to defeat India on Sunday.
 
I think Pak team is slightly better in terms of talent and balance but India team has Suryavanshi factor , if we get him early then I think Pak will win it in the end.

Our pace attack and spin attack is far superior then Ind U19 for sure.
 
We heard India D with Chintu Laals would be enough to dispatch every team in the Rising Stars tournament.

The team couldn't even play the final :maqsood
No they said the chintu laals would be able to defeat Pakistan which they did. Nice try though.
 
No they said the chintu laals would be able to defeat Pakistan which they did. Nice try though.
You lost to Pakistan in the Rising Stars tournament and exited without playing the finals.

Chintu lals got their backsides handed to them pretty much, when the claim was your D teams could thrash national teams from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh :dw
 
You lost to Pakistan in the Rising Stars tournament and exited without playing the finals.

Chintu lals got their backsides handed to them pretty much, when the claim was your D teams could thrash national teams from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh :dw
Calling Indians Chintu Lals is silly.

There are people with surname Chadda in India who are Chintu lal's according to you. :mv
 
You lost to Pakistan in the Rising Stars tournament and exited without playing the finals.

Chintu lals got their backsides handed to them pretty much, when the claim was your D teams could thrash national teams from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh :dw
We humiliated your tullebaaz team thrice in the Asia cup ? Koi saram hai bolne se phle? :klopp :kp
 
345 is just slightly above average 433 is a MASSIVE score.

india is far ahead. They should win this with ease. Have we been able to send some uncle with a clean shave and hair dye to batter them and pretend to be u-19. If not, we have no chance against these youngsters from worlds 4th largest economy.
4th largest econ should :)
 
345 is just slightly above average 433 is a MASSIVE score.

india is far ahead. They should win this with ease. Have we been able to send some uncle with a clean shave and hair dye to batter them and pretend to be u-19. If not, we have no chance against these youngsters from worlds 4th largest economy.
Pakistan have a better bowling attack compared to India in this year under 19. While India have better batting unit..Pakistan have Ali Raza and India have Suryavanshi..both are match winners and future of cricket ..
 
Watched the highlights of today's under 19 games. Pakistan pace bowlers are very good..we all know Ali Raza while that tall left armer is also good. His action and height looks similar to Shaheen Afridi of early days .
 
Pakistan have a better bowling attack compared to India in this year under 19. While India have better batting unit..Pakistan have Ali Raza and India have Suryavanshi..both are match winners and future of cricket ..
Hopefully, I will get to watch the first 8-10 overs while Pakistan is bowling. Ali Raza and comp vs Surya & comp should be fun.
 
May the best team wins. Let there be a great cricketing contest.

No need to bring needless animosity to the game. India - Pakistan share blood and history, a very unique relationship that people cannot comprehend.
 
Pakistan bowling attack is way superior to India Bowling attack.

Pakistan oppening bowlers vs Suryavanshi will be the contest to watch
 
Pakistan bowling attack is way superior to India Bowling attack.

Pakistan oppening bowlers vs Suryavanshi will be the contest to watch
I am not following india under-19. But they beat Australia under-19 team at Brisbane in youth tests 2-0. This was won by an innings. They also beat AUstralia u19 in Australia 3-0 in the ODI series. Essentially 5 out of 5 wins against Aussies.

 
I am not following india under-19. But they beat Australia under-19 team at Brisbane in youth tests 2-0. This was won by an innings. They also beat AUstralia u19 in Australia 3-0 in the ODI series. Essentially 5 out of 5 wins against Aussies.

Why you not following ?
Australia u19s currently must be crap they got bowled out on all 3 occasions for less than 250.
 
Why you not following ?
Australia u19s currently must be crap they got bowled out on all 3 occasions for less than 250.
India toured ENgland before that. India beat htem 3-2 and drew test series. England got lucky in test series
 
I think West Indies also beat England in the odis.
But India won away. Not home. India bounced Australians out in Australia. Probably UAE pitches are rubbish pitches with no bounce that make ordinary batsmen look good. But those pitches were pretty good pitches.
 
But India won away. Not home. India bounced Australians out in Australia. Probably UAE pitches are rubbish pitches with no bounce that make ordinary batsmen look good. But those pitches were pretty good pitches.
India are always expecting to beat the big teams but I cant say the same about west indies.
 
India are always expecting to beat the big teams but I cant say the same about west indies.
We will know next year in the world cup about where everyone stands. Australia had some top class fast bowlers last time. Callum Vidlar, Beardman were top bowlers.
 
Yeh Asia Cup kitne baar kheloge, ab toh bore ho gaya.

Suryavanshi & Mhatre are the two to watch out for in this India-Pakistan encounter.
 
I think it will be an evenly matched, exciting game.

However, for the Indian side, i do not see any real good bowling prospect, any standout, the bowlers are average to poor.

They are very much like What New Zealand have been for most of their international outings, relying on group skills, overall lifiting intensity at key moments, clutch team spirit which tides over a lot of their lack of skills. Lets see what Sunday brings, but hope for a good match which we will remember for right reasons.
 
I am not following india under-19. But they beat Australia under-19 team at Brisbane in youth tests 2-0. This was won by an innings. They also beat AUstralia u19 in Australia 3-0 in the ODI series. Essentially 5 out of 5 wins against Aussies.

Bro you just need to watch yesterday matches to notice the skill difference between both attack.

Just like we just need to see innings of Surya to realize he is cut above the rest in a similar way you just need to see the opening spell of Pak pacers to realize they are cut above the Indian counterparts. And 3 of our main bowlers didn’t even played that match.

I expect Subhan , Momin and Huzefa to play tomorrow match.
 
You lost to Pakistan in the Rising Stars tournament and exited without playing the finals.

Chintu lals got their backsides handed to them pretty much, when the claim was your D teams could thrash national teams from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh :dw
Ah, we have thrashed you so many times in so many tournaments I forgot there was this one too.

And I love that now the discussion is on how strong our D teams or chintus are, because the main team is so far ahead of all the asian teams.
 
It will be Pakistan bowling vs INdian batting once again... I think it is 50-50 atm but it can change pretty fast.
 
Bro you just need to watch yesterday matches to notice the skill difference between both attack.

Just like we just need to see innings of Surya to realize he is cut above the rest in a similar way you just need to see the opening spell of Pak pacers to realize they are cut above the Indian counterparts. And 3 of our main bowlers didn’t even played that match.

I expect Subhan , Momin and Huzefa to play tomorrow match.
I don't know much about Indian bowling. THey have not represented at any level other than u19. They are not even part of domestic T20 or first class. Very raw from my understanding. Probably they are straight from school & Academy. Obviously they are going to be poor.
 
It will be Pakistan bowling vs INdian batting once again... I think it is 50-50 atm but it can change pretty fast.

Indian young players aren't as great as their previous batches. We saw that in the Emerging Asia Cup.

I think IPL/T20 is to blame.
 
Indian young players aren't as great as their previous batches. We saw that in the Emerging Asia Cup.

I think IPL/T20 is to blame.
The way they batted against UAE, they might be able to repeat the same but even if they manage to do 50% of it, we are looking at 300+ target if india bats first....
 
India got smashed by Pakistan in the emerging Asia Cup 2-3 years ago.

These tournament results don't mean anything.

Only useful if you have found Int'l quality players from them.

Way too much importance being given to U-19/Shaheens/Emerging players' tournament results
 
India got smashed by Pakistan in the emerging Asia Cup 2-3 years ago.

These tournament results don't mean anything.

Only useful if you have found Int'l quality players from them.

Way too much importance being given to U-19/Shaheens/Emerging players' tournament results

Exactamundo.

The true measure of success resulting from tournaments at these levels is how much of the talent actually end up transitioning to reliable, long term players at the elite level, or atleast, that's how it should be viewed.
 
Ah, we have thrashed you so many times in so many tournaments I forgot there was this one too.

And I love that now the discussion is on how strong our D teams or chintus are, because the main team is so far ahead of all the asian teams.
The claim was your chintus could beat national sides from Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh.

That has been debunked.

If you are getting a response on your stupid claims, don’t start soiling yourself by ranting random stuff.
 
Indian young players aren't as great as their previous batches. We saw that in the Emerging Asia Cup.

I think IPL/T20 is to blame.

You only need 2-3 players max from an U19 batch to graduate to international cricket over a cycle of 4 years & India has been getting the from their age group teams so IPL/T20 impact is a non-issue.

This batch already has one of their most prodigal cricketers of all time (a potential future super star if he already isn't one yet) so they have nothing to worry about.
 
You only need 2-3 players max from an U19 batch to graduate to international cricket over a cycle of 4 years & India has been getting the from their age group teams so IPL/T20 impact is a non-issue.

This batch already has one of their most prodigal cricketers of all time (a potential future super star if he already isn't one yet) so they have nothing to worry about.
India doesn't fast track people with so many players already playing. India hasn't even played anyone from under-19 world cup winning Indian side. Yash Dhull , Raghuvanshi, Raj bawa, Hangarkekar etc. Nowadays more than IPL, regional premiere leagues has become breeding grounds. Varun C would have never played for India for these little premiere leagues. From 2024 batch Uday Saharan will definitely play for India soon. Eve Australia tried Sam Konstas from under-19 world cup winning team. Sarfraz khan's brother Musheer khan will also have bright future
 
I think Pak team is slightly better in terms of talent and balance but India team has Suryavanshi factor , if we get him early then I think Pak will win it in the end.

Our pace attack and spin attack is far superior then Ind U19 for sure.
Lol 🤣 🤣 🤣 :klopp :kp
 
But India won away. Not home. India bounced Australians out in Australia. Probably UAE pitches are rubbish pitches with no bounce that make ordinary batsmen look good. But those pitches were pretty good pitches.
So they have done the same here.
 
The claim was your chintus could beat national sides from Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh.

That has been debunked.

If you are getting a response on your stupid claims, don’t start soiling yourself by ranting random stuff.
Our chintus can still beat your national sides. But not with 100% consistency like the senior side.
 
I think Pak team is slightly better in terms of talent and balance but India team has Suryavanshi factor , if we get him early then I think Pak will win it in the end.

Our pace attack and spin attack is far superior then Ind U19 for sure.
Far superior? Ali Raza has grand total of 1 wicket in this tournament that too a tailender. Deepesh has 10 wickets already.
 
Far superior? Ali Raza has grand total of 1 wicket in this tournament that too a tailender. Deepesh has 10 wickets already.
Deepesh is not going to make it at the national level, he may be good for U19 level but his ceiling is just not high enough at best FC level ,No swing movement, no seam movement , not tall enough he just bang it in get wicket at short pitch delivery as batsmen can’t judge his pace because his pace is not consistent


however Kishan Singh is definitely one to watch for as he does have the ingredients to become International level bowler and that other Indian opening bowler is also not going to make it even At FC level as he is just another 80mph outswing bowler without any height or bounce.

Where as all 3 pak pacers can play for national side if they keep improving steadily.
 
Deepesh is not going to make it at the national level, he may be good for U19 level but his ceiling is just not high enough, No swing movement, no seam movement , not tall enough he just bang it in get wicket at short pitch delivery as batsmen can’t judge his pace because his pace is not consistent


however Kishan Singh is definitely one to watch for as he does have the ingredients to become International level bowler and that other Indian opening bowler is also not going to make it even At FC level.

Where as all 3 pak pacers can play for national side if they keep improving steadily.
This was INdia tour to Australia early this year.

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I told you Deepesh is good at U19 level and the reason why he won’t make it I already told above.

It’s just like Sami Aslam was a beast at U19 level but couldn’t progress.
Someone who struggles to pick wickets at this level has higher ceiling lol Both other Indians won't go anywhere go to top. This guy totally bullied Australians in Australia with sharp bouncers. Ali Raza has zero skill. Just bowl up and down. Future Md Sami loading.
 
The reason for Deepesh success at U19 level is because some of his deliveries hurry on to the batsmen and some of his deliveries just stuck on the pitch and U19 kids doesn’t have the experience to handle this kind of variation but You can’t trouble International batter if this your primary way of picking up a wicket
 
Ubaid Shah picked up loads of wickets due to this variation at U19 level but couldn’t repeat it at domestic level.
 
Someone who struggles to pick wickets at this level has higher ceiling lol Both other Indians won't go anywhere go to top. This guy totally bullied Australians in Australia with sharp bouncers. Ali Raza has zero skill. Just bowl up and down. Future Md Sami loading.
Regarding Ali Raza , he definitely will not go far if he doesn’t learn how to seam the ball consistently even if he start regularly bowling 150ks.
 
The reason for Deepesh success at U19 level is because some of his deliveries hurry on to the batsmen and some of his deliveries just stuck on the pitch and U19 kids doesn’t have the experience to handle this kind of variation but You can’t trouble International batter if this your primary way of picking up a wicket
You can say the same about any bowler at this level lol
 
Regarding Ali Raza , he definitely will not go far if he doesn’t learn how to seam the ball consistently even if he start regularly bowling 150ks.
If this guy bowls 150ks he will be in hospital next day. He is not SOhaib AKhtar let us face it. Md Sami also clocked 146k. but they never looked 146k. Batsmen belted him all over.
 
If this guy bowls 150ks he will be in hospital next day. He is not SOhaib AKhtar let us face it. Md Sami also clocked 146k. but they never looked 146k. Batsmen belted him all over.
Ali Raza gets zip off the pitch and his 146k deliveries are far quicker than say Shaheen 146k deliveries but unless he learns to move the ball he will be a failure.
 
Any bowler who can consistently clocks 135k and can move the ball and is tall is definitely an international prospect in coming years.
Deepesh is quick. Probably not 140k. But definitely around 135k. If anything under-19 level batsmen have sharper reflexes. Some guys release speed is high. But they don't look quick. Mapaka was a case in point. He regularly touces above 145k. But batsmen at international level thrashed him a lot of times. It is th ebowlers that bowl heavy ball deceptively quick will be more threatening.
 
Even if Pakistan Under-19 team plays against India Under-19 team for the 10th time, they will not be able to win a single match. :klopp :kp
 
Ali Raza gets zip off the pitch and his 146k deliveries are far quicker than say Shaheen 146k deliveries but unless he learns to move the ball he will be a failure.
He should be able to bully these academy kids from India. Lower order batsman effortlessly whacked him for six other day.
 
Deepesh is quick. Probably not 140k. But definitely around 135k. If anything under-19 level batsmen have sharper reflexes. Some guys release speed is high. But they don't look quick. Mapaka was a case in point. He regularly touces above 145k. But batsmen at international level thrashed him a lot of times. It is th ebowlers that bowl heavy ball deceptively quick will be more threatening.
Deepesh effort delivery is definitely around 135k which is very good for U19 level but if his 135k bouncers starts coming at a similar pace without ball getting stuck on the pitch then even at U19 level he will get thrashed , it’s just the doubt he creates in batsmen mind is his primary wicket taking ability and nope this won’t work even at domestic level.
 
He should be able to bully these academy kids from India. Lower order batsman effortlessly whacked him for six other day.
Ali Raza is a bowler who relies on the zip off the pitch and sadly the pitches he played were moist and damp and ball was not getting zip from the pitch hence he was easily negioted by even UAE batters.
 
Ali Raza is a bowler who relies on the zip off the pitch and sadly the pitches he played were moist and damp and ball was not getting zip from the pitch hence he was easily negioted by even UAE batters.
On the same pitch Deepesh got more zip. You guys forget things like wrist position, seam position, angle of release many things that make a bowler. Not just raw release speed. India had Mavi, Nagarkoti clocking 145k even in 2018 world cup for under-19. They went nowhere. This is why i take it a pinch of salt if anyone is hyped based on release speed which means nothing.
 
Ali Raza is a bowler who relies on the zip off the pitch and sadly the pitches he played were moist and damp and ball was not getting zip from the pitch hence he was easily negioted by even UAE batters.
Ali Raza seems all hype and no performance
 
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