Kashif minhas

Telecom Asia Sport: Pakistan's Under-19 batter Sameer Minhas fulfilled a childhood dream as he hammered a brilliant 172 off 113 balls to help his team defeat archrivals India by a massive 191-run margin in the final and won the Under-19s Asia Cup title in Dubai on Sunday.

When Sameer Minhas picked up the bat at nine, he always dreamt of scoring big in a major final, and on Sunday, his dream came true with his belligerent knock, a report said on Sunday.

Minhas' 113-ball knock, studded with nine sixes and 17 boundaries, lifted Pakistan to an imperious 347/8 before their pace trio of Ali Raza, Abdul Subhan, and Mohammad Sayyam shared eight wickets between them to skittle out India for a meagre 156 in 26.2 overs to give Pakistan a big win.