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India-Pakistan final in Emerging Asia Cup today
Updated - 14-APR-2024 11:48 IST

India-Pakistan final in Emerging Asia Cup today
The final match of the Emerging Asia Cup 2023 will be played between India and Pakistan today. The A team encounter will begin at 2:00 PM at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The toss will take place at 1:30 pm. Team India did not lose a single match in the tournament, while Pakistan lost their only match against India.
Top scorer of Indian captain Yash team
Team India A has been unbeaten in the Emerging Asia Cup. The team defeated Nepal, UAE and Pakistan in the group stage. India captain Yash Dhull is the second top scorer of the tournament, scoring 195 runs in 4 matches at an average of 195. He is also the top scorer of the team, apart from him opener Sai Sudarshan has also scored a century and a fifty in 4 matches.
India and Pakistan have won the title once each
The Emerging Asia Cup was played for the first time in 2013. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Team India won the title by defeating Pakistan-A in the final. In 2017 and 2018, Sri Lanka-A won the title for 2 consecutive times by defeating Pakistan-A and India-A. Pakistan-A team became champions in 2019, after that the tournament was organized again in 2023. The team that wins the title today will capture the Emerging Asia Cup trophy for the second time.
Pitch report
4 matches of the tournament were played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. All four matches were low-scoring. Teams batting first twice and chasing twice won the matches. India played 3 matches here and won all three. A match also took place between Sri Lanka and Oman, Sri Lanka won the match by 217 runs after scoring 259 runs in the first innings. India had also won the semi-final at this ground by batting first, so the team winning the toss would prefer to bat first.
Possible playing-11 of both the teams
India A: Yash Dhull (c), Sai Sudarshan, Abhishek Sharma, Nikin Josh, Riyan Parag, Nishant Sindhu, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Manav Suthar, Harshit Rana/Akash Singh, Yuvraj Singh Dodiya and Rajvardhan Hungergekar.
Pakistan A: Mohammad Haris (captain and wicketkeeper), Sam Ayyub, Tayyab Tahir, Sahibzada Farhan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Mubasir Khan, Amad Butt, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Arshad Iqbal and Sufiyan Mukim.