LAHORE, Sept 21: Poor batting display from top order denied Pakistan an opportunity to square the four-match one-day series against India Under-19 who went 2-0 up after winning the second game by seven-runs at Sheikhupura Stadium on Thursday.

Fine bowling from Pakistan captain Riaz Kail and Imad Wasim, who shared seven wickets between them, restricted the visiting side to 224.

Pakistan made a shaky start to their innings and were soon reduced to 84-4 before Imad and Riaz again came to their team’s rescue, but their efforts were not enough.

Scoreboard

INDIA U-19:

C Pujara b Tanveer 10

Uday Kaul run out 1

T Srivastava b Imad 53

Virat Kohli c Navid b Imad 45

Sumit Sharma b Riaz 14

Piyush Chawla c Zaheer b Riaz 40

B Sumant lbw Riaz 27

Ravindra Jadeja run out 2

S Bandekar c Fazal b Imad 10

Shahbaz Nadeem b Riaz 1

Ishant Sharma not out 3

EXTRAS (LB-8, W-5, NB-5) 18

TOTAL (all out, 49.5 overs) 224

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-15, 3-103, 4-133, 5-137, 6-191, 7-205, 8-205, 9-208.

BOWLING: Mohammad Naveed 10-1-29-0; Tanvir Afzal 9-2-35-1; Zaheer Abbas 5-1-22-0; Ahmed Iqbal 7-0-32-0; Imad Wasim 9.5-0-56-3; Riaz Kail 9-0-42-4.

PAKISTAN U-19:

Saadullah Ghauri c Nadeem b Bandekar 11

Jamal Anwar c Kail b Jadeja 19

Osama Niazi run out 13

Fazal Subhan lbw Nadeem 18

Riaz Kail Sharma 38

Moinuddin b Chawla 1

Imad Wasim st Kaul b Chawla 62

Ahmed Iqbal not out 29

Tanvir Afzal run out 2

Zaheer Abbas c Pujara b Chawla 1

Mohammad Naveed not out 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-10, NB-9) 22

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 217

FALL OF WKTS: 1-27, 2-50, 3-54, 4-84, 5-101, 6-143, 7-206, 8-212, 9-212.

BOWLING: Bandekar 6-0-22-1; Ishant Sharma 5-0-33-0; Piyush Chawla 10-0-50-3; Ravindra Jadeja 10-0-40-1; Shahbaz Nadeem 9-3-22-1; Sumeet Sharma 10-0-36-1.