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Sehwag’s Son Smashes 160 as India U19 Reach Asia Cup SemisSports
A 160 off 168 balls from Aaryavir Sehwag carried India Under-19 past the UAE by 70 runs and into the Asia Cup semi-final against Afghanistan on Thursday.
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Aaryavir Sehwag, the son of former India opener Virender Sehwag, announced himself on the big stage with a commanding 160 off 168 balls as India Under-19 beat the United Arab Emirates by 70 runs to reach the semi-finals of the Men’s Under-19 Asia Cup in Oman.
Asked to bat first at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground on Tuesday, after UAE captain Ayaan Misbah won the toss and chose to field, India posted 309 for seven in their 50 overs. Aaryavir held the innings together, striking 17 fours and seven sixes, and shared a 193-run second-wicket stand with VK Vineeth, who made 67. The UAE were then bowled out for 239, with Ishan Sood taking four wickets for 37 runs, and Aaryavir was named player of the match. He fell in the 45th over, caught at mid-wicket off Naseem Khan, still chasing a double hundred.
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Leading scorer of the tournament
The hundred capped a fine tournament for the young opener, who reached three figures and then accelerated, adding 60 runs from his last 37 balls. With earlier scores of 70 not out and 22, he has 252 runs from three innings and is the leading run-scorer of the competition. Afterwards he said he had promised his father a big hundred before the match, and that his father only likes big hundreds, and he delivered it in emphatic style.
There is one statistical footnote to the innings. Because the UAE are an Associate member, the match does not carry Youth ODI status, so the 160 will not count in Aaryavir’s official Youth ODI record. It counts for plenty all the same: India finished second in Group A behind Pakistan, who had beaten them earlier in the tournament, and the win sealed a semi-final place.
India, eight-time winners of the Under-19 Asia Cup, will start as favourites, but Afghanistan are unbeaten in the tournament and won the title in 2017. India now face them in the semi-final on Thursday, while Pakistan meet Bangladesh in the other semi-final. The final is scheduled for Saturday. For Aaryavir, the immediate prize is a place in the final; the longer prize is a reputation that is starting to stand on its own, beyond the famous surname.
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