Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was just like any other cricket fan as India beat Pakistan in the Under-19 Asia Cup final on Saturday. The thrilling contest saw Pakistan remain in the driving seat for most of the game. However, a late fightback saw India clinch the victory on the final ball of the game. India, who were earlier beaten by the men from across the border in a group stage clash, delivered the final blow in the title-decider to make the trophy their own. Sooryavanshi, who turned into an ardent cricket lover for the game, summed up the intensity of the clash through an Instagram story.
Taking to social media, the 15-year-old India batter wrote: “Congratulations, Oh mannnnnn whattt a match!”. In another story on Instagram, Sooryavanshi had special praise for Virender Sehwag‘s son Aaryavir, who was named the Player of the tournament. For Sehwag Jr., Sooryavanshi wrote: “Star Boiiiiii, Aaryavir Sehwag“.
Aaryavir, who emerged as the top-scoring batter in the tournament with 361 runs to his name, played an important knock against Pakistan in the final too. He scored 58 off 61 while opening the batting alongside skipper Lakshya Raichandani. After the game, Aaryavir revealed what India’s plan was while chasing a huge target of 338 runs.
“The discussion was the wicket is very good to bat on and it’s not a huge score and if we just normally bat and play our conventional shots, we’ll get to the score. And there was always a belief that we’ll chase it down,” he said after the game.
When asked if he thought about changing the game-plan given that the target was quite high?, Aaryavir said that there was no such discussion.
“No, not really because we know, we talk in our team meetings and we talk about how we can chase 100 or 120 runs in the last 10 overs because the wicket was very good to bat on as well. So someone had to bat deep. And Lakshya did that. So hats off to him. And obviously, what Mohit and Manal did at the end was absolutely amazing and hats off to them as well,” he further said.
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