LAHORE, Sept 24: Brilliant batting by Ravindra Jadeja and a fine spell of bowling by off-spinner Sumeet Sharma enabled India complete a 4-0 clean sweep in the under-19 one-day match series against Pakistan at the Qadhafi Stadium on Sunday.
Chasing a target of 192 in the fourth and final fixture, Jadeja unluckily missed out on a well deserving century by just six runs as India reached the target for the loss of six wickets with 6.5 overs.
Jadeja, who was declared Man-of-the-Match for his 114-ball 94, added 82 runs for the fourth wicket with B. Sumanth, who struck a 58-ball 48 after the visitors lost three wickets for 16 runs.
After Sumanth went, run out by a direct hit from Raza Rehman, Jadeja found another useful partner in Tanmay Srivastav. The pair then put on 83.
Jadeja was brilliantly caught by Imad Wasim at silly mid-on off spinner Mohibullah after striking 14 fours and three sixes.
Srivastav finished undefeated with 25.
Earlier, Sharma was instrumental in restricting Pakistan to 191 for eight with figures of five for 36.
Zeeshan Mushtaq was top scorer with an unbeaten 44, a knock which included three fours and one six.
Pakistan also lost both the four-day ‘Tests’.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN UNDER-19:
Mohibullah b Mahesh 0
Junaid Malik run out 13
Jamal Anwar c and b Chawla 26
Usman Salahuddin c Saurav b Sharma 32
Rana Adnan c Bandekar b Sharma 38
Imad Wasim c Bandekar b Sharma 0
Zeeshan Mushtaq not out 44
Zaheer Abbas c Mahesh b Sharma 10
Tanvir Afzal c Pervez b Sharma 1
Raza Rehman not out 12
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-3, W-8, NB-2) 15
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 191
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-24, 3-60, 4-112, 5-112, 6-140, 7-157, 8-166.
DID NOT BAT: Mohammad Naved.
BOWLING: Vyo Mahesh 8-0-30-0; Abu Nachim 8-3-10-1; Saurav Bandekar 6-2-16-0; Piyush Chawla 10-1-55-1; Ravindra Jadeja 7-0-33-0; Sumeet Sharma 9-0-36-5; Tanmay Srivastav 2-0-6-0.
INDIA UNDER-19:
Sunny Sohil c Jamal b Naved 12
Pervez Aziz c Usman b Naved 0
Ravindra Jadeja c Imad b Mohib 94
Piyush Chawla b Naved 0
B. Sumanth run out 48
Tanmay Srivastav not out 25
Sumeet Sharma b Imad 2
Uday Kaul not out 2
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-4, NB-3) 9
TOTAL (for six wkts, 43.1 overs) 192
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-16, 3-16, 4-98, 5-181, 6-184.
DID NOT BAT: Saurav Bandekar, Abu Nachin, Vyo Mahesh.
BOWLING: Mohammad Naved 9-2-39-3; Tanvir Afzal 10-4-27-0; Raza Rehman 7-1-30-0; Zaheer Abbas 4-0-24-0; Imad Wasim 7-2-45-1; Mohibullah 6.1-0-25-1.
RESULT: India Under-19 won by four wickets.