India Beat Pakistan in U19 Asia Cup Final 2026: Mohit Ulva's Last-Ball Four Seals One-Wicket Win

India won the U19 Asia Cup final against Pakistan by one wicket off the very last ball at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Muscat on Saturday, 14 November 2026. Chasing 338, India were 252 for 8 in the 42nd over and looked beaten. Then No. 7 Manal Chauhan and No. 10 Mohit Ulva hit back, and Ulva drove the final delivery to the long-off boundary with three needed. It is India's ninth U19 Asia Cup title and their first since 2021, and it reverses last year's final, which Pakistan won.

Scorecard summary

• Pakistan U19: 337 for 9 in 50 overs (Usman Khan 107, Abdul Qadir 80, Farhan Yousaf 63; Kavya Paresh Patel 4-68, Chigurupati Venkata 3-40)
• India U19: 339 for 9 in 50 overs (Lakshya Raichandani 80, Aaryavir Sehwag 58, Mohit Ulva 49 not out, Manal Chauhan 47; Rizwanullah 3-53, Niqab Shafiq 2-57)
• Result: India won by 1 wicket
• Player of the Match: Mohit Ulva (49* off 26 balls)
• Player of the Series: Aaryavir Sehwag (361 runs)

Full results from the tournament are on our U19 Asia Cup 2026 results page.

How Pakistan got to 337

Pakistan, the defending champions, won the toss and batted. India's new-ball bowlers pitched too full in search of swing, and the openers made them pay. After Hayam Khan (21) fell to Kavya Paresh Patel in the ninth over, Usman Khan and Abdul Qadir added 135 for the second wicket. Qadir was the hitter: 80 off 54 balls with eight sixes. Usman batted through the middle overs for 107 off 111 balls, his second hundred of the tournament.

At 204 for 2 after 30 overs, Pakistan looked set for 370 or more. India pulled it back at the death. Kavya (4 for 68) and Venkata (3 for 40) used slower balls well, and Pakistan managed only 63 runs for six wickets in the last ten overs. Captain Farhan Yousaf's 63 off 60 kept the total big, but those quiet overs kept the chase alive.

A slow start, then a collapse

Raichandani and Sehwag put on 95 for the first wicket, but the start was cautious. Sehwag, later named Player of the Series, was hit on the right forearm in the fifth over and batted on with strapping for 58 off 61 balls. Raichandani made 80 off 101 balls before a leaping catch at midwicket by Hasnain Abbas Dar removed him in the 37th over. Next ball, wicketkeeper Anvay Dravid was run out.

India were 186 for 3 in the 33rd over, then lost five wickets for 66 runs. Fast bowler Rizwanullah finished with 3 for 53, and at 252 for 8 in the 42nd over, India needed 86 more from about 51 balls.

The fightback: Chauhan, Ulva and Venkata

Pakistan's lines slipped as the light faded, and the two hitters took full toll. Manal Chauhan and Mohit Ulva added 57 in 35 balls for the ninth wicket. Chauhan fell for 47 off 32 balls with 29 still needed from 16, and No. 11 Chigurupati Venkata, playing his first match of the tournament, walked out.

Venkata made an unbeaten 11 off eight balls, and the pair brought it down to eight to win off the final over, bowled by Ahmed Hussain. Five came from the first five balls, including a wide. With three needed off the last ball, Ulva drove it for four. He finished on 49 not out off 26 balls with five fours and three sixes, after earlier bowling eight overs for 57.

What the win means

• Ninth title: India have now won the U19 Asia Cup in 1989, 2003, 2012 (shared with Pakistan), 2013-14, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2026.
• Revenge for 2025: Pakistan beat India in last year's final. This time Pakistan came in unbeaten, having also beaten India in the group stage, when Arjun Rajput's 107 was not enough.
• A tournament of comebacks: India needed a must-win game against the UAE to reach the semi-finals, then beat Afghanistan by eight wickets in the semi-final.

India did not have a clean day. They dropped at least three catches and missed a run-out chance in the field, as ESPNcricinfo's report noted. But India's decision to take the chase deep, even when the rate climbed above eight an over, gave the lower order something to aim at.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia were among those who congratulated the team after the win.

Want to know more about the hero of the final? Read our profile: Who is Mohit Ulva? For the build-up, see our final preview.

Sources: official scorecard (PCB/ACC), ESPNcricinfo match report, Cricbuzz, Sportstar. Figures as of 14 November 2026.