{"id":267528,"date":"2025-11-17T09:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/267528\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:14:09","slug":"indian-cricket-team-loses-to-pakistan-shaheens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/267528\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian cricket team loses to Pakistan Shaheens"},"content":{"rendered":"

India A lost to Pakistan Shaheens by eight wickets in their second Group B game of the Rising Stars Asia Cup 2025<\/a> at the West End Park International Cricket Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Put into bat first, India A were bowled out for 136 in 19 overs despite being 91\/2 in the 10th over. The 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi<\/a> top-scored for the Indian cricket team<\/a> with a 28-ball 45 while Shahid Aziz starred for Pakistan Shaheens with 3\/24.<\/p>\n

In reply, Pakistan Shaheens, led by Maaz Sadaqat\u2019s unbeaten 79 off 47 balls, chased down the target in 13.2 overs.<\/p>\n

The result lifted Pakistan Shaheens to the top of the Group B standings and confirmed their place in the semi-finals. India A, who led the group courtesy of their superior Net Run Rate<\/a> heading into the match, are now second.<\/p>\n

India A and Oman, who have won their group games against the UAE, will next meet in a must-win encounter on Tuesday. Only the top two teams from each group move into the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Suryavanshi, who scored a 32-ball century against the UAE in the first match, launched India A\u2019s innings with a cracking boundary over backward point.<\/p>\n

The 14-year-old opener, along with Naman Dhir, helped the Indian team reach 79\/1 in the ninth over before the latter was dismissed after playing a fluent knock of 35 off 20 balls.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Suryavanshi\u2019s wicket in the next over allowed the Pakistani side an opening with two new batters at the crease.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From 93\/3 in 10 overs, India A suffered a batting collapse that saw them bowled out for just 136 in 19 overs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All six bowlers used by the Pakistani captain Irfan Khan – Ubaid Shah (1\/24), Shahid Aziz (3\/24), Ahmed Daniyal (1\/21), Saad Masood (2\/31), Sufiyan Muqeem (1\/24) and Maaz Sadaqat (2\/12) – registered wickets.<\/p>\n

Pakistan Shaheens made a brisk start in reply, with Maaz Sadaqat taking on the Indian fast bowlers from the outset as they raced to 57\/1 in the powerplay.<\/p>\n

Sadaqat brought up his half-century off just 31 balls in the seventh over, keeping the scoring rate above 10. Pakistan Shaheens were 101\/2 at the halfway stage, needing 36 to win from the final 10 overs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite needing less than four runs an over, Maaz Sadaqat continued the onslaught to help Pakistan Shaheens complete the chase in 13.2 overs.<\/p>\n

India A vs Pakistan Shaheens, Rising Stars Asia Cup 2025, brief scores: India A 136\/10 in 19 overs (Vaibhav Suryavanshi 45, Naman Dhir 35; Shahid Aziz 3\/24) lost to Pakistan Shaheens 137\/2 in 13.2 overs (Maaz Sadaqat 79*; Suyash Sharma 1\/31) by eight wickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India A lost to Pakistan Shaheens by eight wickets in their second Group B game of the Rising…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-267528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}