Mohit Ulva hit the last ball for four, and India’s Under-19s have beaten Pakistan to win the Asia Cup
India needed three off the last ball of a 338 chase at Al Amerat. Mohit Ulva, batting at No. 10, hit it for four to beat Pakistan by one wicket and win their first Under-19 Asia Cup since 2021.
Nov 14, 2026
Pakistan made 337 for 9 after winning the toss, and for a long time that looked like enough. India were 217 for 6 in the 37th over, after Lakshya Raichandani and Anvay Dravid went in successive balls, and 252 for 8 in the 42nd. Then Manal Chauhan and Mohit Ulva put on 57 off 35 balls, and Ulva and Chigurupati Venkata found the last 30 off 16.
It came down to Ahmed Hussain’s last over, with eight needed. A wide and four singles left India three to get off the final ball, and a tie would have sent the final to a Super Over. Ulva came down the pitch and hit it flat towards long-off. One bounce and it was in the boundary.
Ulva, batting at No. 10, finished on 49 not out off 26 balls with five fours and three sixes, and he was named player of the match. Earlier in the day he had gone for 57 in eight overs with the ball.
How Pakistan got to 337
Usman Khan made 107 off 111 balls, and Abdul Qadir hit eight sixes in his 80 off 54. The pair added 135 for the second wicket, and Farhan Yousaf, the captain, followed with 63 off 60. At 299 for 4 in the 45th over, Pakistan were heading for something bigger.
They lost five wickets for 37 after that. Kavya Patel took 4 for 68 in his ten overs and Venkata, the No. 11 who would later be at the other end for the winning hit, took 3 for 40 in five.
The openers set it up
Raichandani and Aaryavir Sehwag put on 95 for the first wicket in 17.4 overs. Sehwag went for 58 off 61, which took him to 361 runs for the tournament and the player of the series award. Raichandani batted until the 37th over for 80 off 101 balls, but Rizwanullah’s 3 for 53 kept pulling India back, and at 217 for 6 they needed 121 off 81 balls with the tail to come.
Chauhan’s 47 off 32, with three sixes, got the rate back under control. When he was caught off Niqab Shafiq at 309 for 9 in the 48th over, India still needed 29 from 16 balls with only Venkata left.
“We always had the belief as the wicket was pretty good,” Raichandani said afterwards. Asked whether the lower order had surprised him, he said: “We are playing with almost 11 batters, I wasn’t surprised, as I had the belief in them.”
Two defeats put right
Pakistan had beaten India twice in the last year. They won last year’s final in Dubai by 191 runs, and they won the group game in this tournament on 8 November by three wickets. They came into the final unbeaten and as defending champions.
This is India’s ninth Under-19 Asia Cup, counting the title they shared with Pakistan in 2012, and the first since 2021. Bangladesh won the two editions after that and Pakistan the last one.
Pakistan did bowl nine wides. I’d still give most of the credit to India’s last two pairs. At 252 for 8, needing 86 off 51 balls, most teams lose that game.