India vs Pakistan: Boys in Blue win toss and opt to field first in U19 Asia Cup final

India have won the toss and decided to bowl first against Pakistan in the final of the U-19 Asia Cup 2025 at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai. India are unbeaten coming into the final while Pakistan have only lost one match and that was against India.

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India continued with the same playing XI with which they won their semifinal clash. Pakistan, meanwhile make one change to their lineup with left-arm spinner Niqab Shafiq replacing seamer Daniyal Ali Khan.  India defeated Sri Lanka in the rain-curtailed semifinal while Pakistan made light work of Bangladesh in their semifinal that too was affected by rain.

India vs Pakistan U19 Asia Cup Playing XI

India U19 Playing XI: Ayush Mhatre(c), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Aaron George, Vihaan Malhotra, Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu(w), Kanishk Chouhan, Henil Patel, Khilan Patel, Deepesh Devendran, Kishan Kumar Singh

Pakistan U19 Playing XI: Sameer Minhas, Usman Khan, Ahmed Hussain, Farhan Yousaf(c), Hamza Zahoor(w), Huzaifa Ahsan, Niqab Shafiq, Mohammad Shayan, Ali Raza, Abdul Subhan, Mohammad Sayyam

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India U19 vs Pakistan U19 Full Squads:

India U19 Squad: Ayush Mhatre(c), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Aaron George, Vihaan Malhotra, Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu(w), Kanishk Chouhan, Henil Patel, Khilan Patel, Deepesh Devendran, Kishan Kumar Singh, Udhav Mohan, Naman Pushpak, Harvansh Pangalia, Yuvraj Gohil

Pakistan U19 Squad: Sameer Minhas, Hamza Zahoor(w), Usman Khan, Ahmed Hussain, Farhan Yousaf(c), Huzaifa Ahsan, Daniyal Ali Khan, Mohammad Shayan, Abdul Subhan, Mohammad Sayyam, Ali Raza, Momin Qamar, Ali Hassan Baloch, Niqab Shafiq, Mohammed Huzaifa

Earlier in the tournament, India and Pakistan met in the group stage where the Boys in Blue dished out a solid performance to beat Pakistan by 90 runs. Pakistan had won the toss in that game but India put up a decent total of 240 all out with Aaron George scoring a brisk 85 at No 3. Kanishk Chouhan also scored 46 down the order to help India push the target to 241.

Pakistan could not handle Deepesh Devendran’s pace as he took three wickets alongside Chouhan who also picked up three scalps to bowl Pakistan out for 150.

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The senior teams from both the nations had also met in the senior Asia Cup final where India trumped Pakistan earlier this year.