The India-Pakistan game has always been intense and exhilarating no matter which level it is being played. The two cricketing giants locked horns again at the Under-19 level. India played against Pakistan on Sunday in the ongoing Under-19 Asia Cup 2023 match. As both teams squared off, one of the incidents that hogged all the limelight was the aggressive celebration of Pakistan’s pacer Mohammad Zeeshan.


The pacer was successful in spotting the outside edge of the bat of India’s batter Rudra Patel in the 12th over of the game and Pakistan wicketkeeper Saad Baig grabbed a flying catch at the end. 


After taking the wicket, Pakistan’s speedster was elated and could not control his emotions. The video the same has gone viral on social media where the pacer’s emotions get the better of him a little.






Earlier, Pakistan skipper Saad Baig won the toss and decided to bowl first in the Group A U19 Asia Cup clash against India in Dubai. Both India and Pakistan came to play this game after securing victories in their respective opening group matches in the tournament.


Talking about history,  India U19, and Pakistan U19 have played against each other 25 times in ODIs where the Indian team won 15 matches, their arch-rivals sealed victories on nine instances. In the last five ODI games, the India U19 team have won four times and Pakistan registered a win just once. The highest score in these five games is 305 put up by India U19 while the lowest has been 69 which was made by Pakistan U19.


Pakistan U19 Playing XI: Shamyl Hussain, Shahzaib Khan, Azan Awais, Saad Baig(w/c), Mohammad Zeeshan, Mohammad Riazullah, Tayyab Arif, Arafat Minhas, Ali Asfand, Amir Hassan, Ubaid Shah.


India U19 Playing XI: Adarsh Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Rudra Patel, Uday Saharan(c), Musheer Khan, Sachin Dhas, Aravelly Avanish(w), Saumy Pandey, Murugan Abhishek, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari.