LAHORE, Sept 23: Pakistan under-19 cricketers buckled under pressure yet again as Indian juniors carved out a massive 174-run win to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the four-match series at Bagh-e-Jinnah on Saturday.

The Indians, put in to bat by the hosts, mauled Pakistan bowling attack to score 298-9 in the allotted 50 overs. Tanmay Srivastav (88) and Virat Kohli (80) laid the foundations for the winning total with a fine third-wicket stand of 152 after losing both their openers for 47. Srivastav, hit seven boundaries in his 114-ball knock while Kohli cracked nine boundaries to off a 92-ball innings. Kohli departed at the total of 199, caught by captain Riaz Kail off left-arm medium-pacer Raza Rehman. With the addition of 12 more runs Srivastav fell victim to leg-spinner Imad Wasim who had him caught by Raza.

Ravindra Jadeja (29) used the long handle in his cameo as the visitors lost their last four wickets for only 35.

Right-arm medium-pacer Tanvir Afzal captured three wickets for 45 runs in eight overs while Raza finished with two for 58 in 10 overs.

In their turn, Pakistan juniors failed to impress with the bat and were bowled out for a paltry 124 off only 36.5 overs. Indian skipper and leg-spinner Piyush Chawla alongwith off-spinner Sumeet Sharma shared six wickets for 28 and 34 runs respectively to rip through Pakistan batting line-up. Rana Adnan (27) and lastman Muhammad Naved (27) were the only salient performers with the bat for hosts.

The last match will be played at Qadhafi Stadium on Sunday.

Scoreboard

INDIA

Sunny Sohil c Jamal b Tanvir 5

Uday Kaul b Raza 14

Tanmay Srivastav c Raza b Imad 88

Virat Kohli c Riaz b Raza 80

Piyush Chawla lbw b Riaz 7

Ravindra Jadeja c Fazal b Tanvir 29

Sumeet Sharma c Saad b Naved 16

B Suhanth run out 15

Shahbaz Nadeem c Riaz b Tanvir 18

Abu Nachim not out 0

Ishant Sharma not out 1

EXTRAS: (LB-3,W-17,NB-5) 25

TOTAL: (nine wkts, 50 overs) 298

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-47, 3-199, 4-211, 5-216, 6-262, 7-269, 8-297, 9-297.

BOWLING: Muhammad Naved 10-1-42-1; Tanvir Afzal 8-0-45-3; Raza Rehman 10-0-58-2; Fazal Subhan 1-0-7-0; Ahmad Iqbal 6-0-33-0; Imad Wasim 7-0-57-1; Riaz Kail 8-0-53-1.

PAKISTAN

Jamal Anwar lbw A Nachim 2

Saadullah Ghauri b Ishant 4

Osama Niazi run out 11

Fazal Subhan c Uday b A Nachim 0

Riaz Kail lbw b P Chawla 14

Rana Adnan c Ishant b Sumeet 27

Imad Wasim b Sumeet 10

Ahmed Iqbal not out 12

Tanvir Afzal b P Chawla 0

Raza Rehman b P Chawla 0

Muhammad Naved c n b Sumeet 27

EXTRAS: (B-4, W-9, NB-3) 17

TOTAL: (all out, 36.5 overs) 124

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-11, 3-15, 4-27, 5-38, 6-68, 7-89, 8-91, 9-92.

BOWLING: Abu Nachim 8-1-19-2; Ishant Sharma 7-1-19-1; Piyush Chawla 8-0-28-3; Shahbaz Nadeem 7-1-14-0; Ravindra Jadeja 2-1-5-0; Sumeet Sharma 4.5-1-34-3.