IND vs JAP U19 Asia Cup Live Score: Ayush Mhatre on fire against Japan in Sharjah after India lose Suryavanshi

Vaibhav Suryavanshi falls for 23 off 23 balls while trying to attack the Japanese bowlers. He scored three fours and a six in his innings. India are 65/1 after eight overs.

India score just two runs in the sixth over and are 54 for no loss.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi collects 10 runs off the fifth over and India are 52/0.

Ayush Mhatre hammers K Kato-Stafford for 20 runs in the fourth over. India are 42/0 at the end of the fourth over.

India are 22 for no loss after the end of the third over. 

Ayush Mhatre takes on Yamamoto-Lake and strikes two consecutive boundaries on the second and the third delivery of the third over. India are 21/0.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashes the last ball of the second over for a boundary to get India's score to 13 for no loss.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is taking strike in the second over of the innings.

Ayush Mhatre has struck a boundary to get India's innings underway. India are four for no loss after the first over.

Aditya Phadke, Nihar Parmar, Koji Hardgrave Abe (c), Kazuma Kato-Stafford, Charles Hinze, Hugo Kelly, Timothy Moore, Kiefer Yamamoto-Lake, Daniel Panckhurst (wk), Aarav Tiwari, Max Yonekawa Lynn

India U19 (Playing XI):

Ayush Mhatre, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Andre Siddarth C, Mohamed Amaan (c), Nikhil Kumar, KP Karthikeya, Harvansh Singh (wk), Hardik Raj, Samarth Nagaraj, Yudhajit Guha, Chetan Sharma

Japan have won the toss and elected to field first.

India have to beat Japan by a huge margin and hope that Pakistan also gets the better of UAE in the other game. India can then defeat UAE in their last group-stage encounter and qualify for the semis.

Japan were steamrolled by the hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) in their first match of the ACC U19 Men's Asia Cup. UAE beat Japan by 273 runs to reach the top of the Group A points table.

After getting sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.10 crore at the IPL 2025 mega auction, there is pressure on the 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He could only score one off nine balls against Pakistan.

Today's game against Japan is a must-win one for India. They are third on the Group A points table after their 43-run loss to Pakistan. They have to beat Japan by a big margin to enhance their net run rate (NRR). 

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