Pakistan A lifts second straight Emerging Asia Cup title

Tayyab Tahirrsquos exceptional hundred garnished Pakistan Arsquos march to a commanding 128run win over India A for a second consecutive Emerging Teams Asia Cup title here on SundayOnce Pakistan posted a mammoth 352 for eight courtesy Tahirrsquos 108 off 71 balls 12x4s 4x6s the result was in no real doubtIndia made a fist of it but ended up at 224 all out in 40 overs to suffer their first defeat in this tournamentIndia behind all the wayFrom the toss everything went south for India who asked Pakistan to bat first a decision which was a tad puzzling because the chasing team had lost eight matches in the tournamentHowever Pakistan A who fielded as many as eight players with international experience were in mood to give a return gift to India A who fielded a purely U23 side with no experience of topflight cricketPakistan went off the blocks like a supercharged car scoring over six runs and the runrate subsequently crossed the sevenruns perover markOpeners Saim Ayub 59 off 51 balls and Sahibzada Farhan 65 off 62 balls added 121 runs in just 172 overs fully utilising a fresh surface and hard ballJust as Pakistan seemed to have got a measure of Indian bowlers they stormed into the match Leftarm spinner Manav Suthar took his 11th wicket of the tournament when he jettisoned AyubAlso Read They came they played they conqueredIn the next 11over passage they gave away 66 runs but plucked 4 wickets as Pakistan slumped to 187 for 5Parag picks two in two ballsLegspinner Riyan Parag too chipped in as he took two wickets in as many balls dismissing Omair Yousuf and Qasim AkramHowever Tahir quelled Indiarsquos hopes of bundling out Pakistan early with an innings of rare qualityAround the 30th over the ball began to slightly grip the surface but Tahir played through the line exhibiting timing and powerIndiarsquos success in this tournament was built around their spin troika of Suthar Nishant Sindhu and Abhishek Sharma but Tahir invalidated their presence with a fine array of shots The righthander who made his Pakistan senior team debut earlier this year played cuts drives pulls and ramps at will to bring up a 66ball 100Brief scoresPakistan lsquoArsquo 3528 in 50 overs T Tahir 108 S Farhan 65 S Ayub 59 R Parag 224 R Hangargekar 248 beat India lsquoArsquo 224 all out in 40 overs A Sharma 61 S Muqeem 362 M Mumtaz 224 A Iqbal 234 by 128 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever