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ABU DHABI, May 5: A brilliant unbeaten century (106) by Hasan Raza and an equally valuable 73 by Misbahul Haq powered Pakistan ‘A’ to lift the EurAsia Cup on Friday beating India by 36 runs at Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
Batting first after winning the toss Pakistan ‘A’ thanks to the fourth wicket stand between Hasan and Misbah that realised 174 runs posted 288 for four wickets.
The target proved too stiff for India “A” who were bowled out for 252 in 47.5 overs.
Indians were in the hunt as long as RS Sodhi (70) and skipper Venogopal Rao (69) were at the wicket but once the pair was separated wickets fell at regular intervals with Pakistan ‘A’ emerging comfortable victors.
Leg-spinner Mansoor Amjad and medium-pacer Umar Gul shared the bowling honours taking four and three wickets each.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN ‘A’ :
Mohammad Hafeez c Karthik b Sodhi 19
Taufeeq Umar st Karthik b Chawla 40
Shahid Yousuf c Uthappa b Chawla 23
Hasan Raza not out 106
Misbahul Haq run out 73
Bazid Khan not out 11
EXTRAS: (LB- 8, W- 6, NB- 2) 16
TOTAL: (for four 4 wickets in 50 overs) 288
DID NOT BAT: Mansoor Amjad, Yasir Arafat, Zulqarnain Haider, Umar Gul and Samiullah Khan.
FALL OF WKTS: 1-46, 2-85, 3-88, 4-262.
BOWLING
RP Singh 10-0-60-0 (1w); VR Singh 9-0-77-0 (1nb, 2w); Sodhi 10-1-39-1 (1nb, 1w); Piyush Chawla 10-0-41-2 (2w); Jadeja 9-0-47-0; Venugopal Rao 2-0-16-0.
INDIA ‘A’:
AR Uthappa c Bazid b Umar Gul 23
S Dhawan c Bazid b Samiullah 17
RS Sodhi c Zulqarnain b Mansoor 70
Venugopal Rao st Zulqarnain b Mansoor 69
KKD Karthik b Yasir Arafat 11
R Sharma c Taufeeq Umar b Mansoor 14
S Badrinath c S.Yousuf b Yasir Arafat 5
P Chawla c Umar b Mansoor 1
VR Singh c Hasan Raza b Umar 8
RA Jadeja not out 5
RP Singh c Yasir Arafat b Umar 4
EXTRAS: (B-1, LB-3, W-18, NB-3) 25
TOTAL: (all out, 47.5 overs) 252
FALL OF WKTS: 1-41, 2-42, 3-189, 4-192, 5-212, 6-219, 7-221, 8-231, 9-240, 10-252
BOWLING: Samiullah Khan 9-1-43-1 (1w); Umar Gul 9.5-0-37-3 (2w); Yasir Arafat 9-0-49-2 (3nb, 3w); Mansoor Amjad 10-0-68-4 (4w); Hafeez 10-0-51-0.—Agencies
