India A, Pakistan A continue winning vein

Pakistan A spinner Qasim Akram is congratulated by teammates after taking six UAE A wickets   India A’s Abishek Sharma pulls for runs on his way to 87 against Nepal

• ACC Men’s Emerging Asia Cup

India A and Pakistan A continued to dominate Group B of the ACC Men’s Emerging Asia Cup tournament when they secured easy wins over UAE A and Nepal respectively yesterday.                                                                         A deadly spell of off-spin bowling by Qasim Akram (6/26) and fifties from top order batters Saim Ayub (56), Sahibzada Farhan (63) and Kamran Ghulam (63) saw Pakistan A defeat UAE A by 184 runs at the P Sara Oval.      In the night game played at the R Premadasa Stadium, Abishek Sharma slammed 87 off 69 balls (12 fours, 2 sixes) and put on an opening stand of 139 with Sai Sudharsan 58* off 52 balls (8 fours, 1 six) as India A thrashed Nepal by nine wickets.  (ST)

RESULTS:

• At P Sara Oval: Pakistan A beat UAE A by 184 runs.
• Pakistan A 309 (49.2) (Saim Ayub 56, Sahibzada Farhan 63, Omair Yousuf 24, Kamran Ghulam 63, Mohammad Haris 55, Matiullah Khan 2/53, Jash Giyanani 4/50)
• UAE A 125 (29.5) (Aryansh Sharma 37, Jonathan Figy 25, Qasim Akram 6/26, Sufiyan Muqeem 3/36)
•  At R Premadasa Stadium: India A beat Nepal by nine wickets.
• Nepal 167 (39.2) (Rohit Paudel 65, Gulsan Jha 38, Harshit Rana 2/16, Rajvardhan Hangargekar 3/25, Nishan Sindhu 4/14)
• India A 172-1 (22.1) (Sai Sudharsan 58*, Abishek Sharma 87, Dhruv Jurel 21*)