India Vs UAE Highlights, Under-19 Asia Cup: Vaibhav Suryavanshi's 171 Powers IND To Thumping 234-Run Win

Good morning and welcome to everyone joining us this Friday. The India Under-19 men's cricket team is meeting UAE in their campaign opener of the Asia Cup, and we will bring to you the build-up and live updates from the match.

United Arab Emirates U19: Prithvi Madhu, Muhammad Rayan Khan, Yayin Rai (c), Saleh Amin (wk), Noorullah Ayobi, Ahmed Khudadad, Muhammad Bazil Asim, Yug Sharma, Zainullah Rehmani, Ali Asgar Shums, Uddish Suri, Ayaan Misbah, Shalom D’Souza, Naseem Khan, Karan Dhiman

India U19: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ayush Mhatre (c), Vihaan Malhotra, Kanishk Chouhan, Abhigyan Kundu (wk), Harvansh Pangalia, Khilan Patel, Henil Patel, Deepesh Devendran, Udhav Mohan, Naman Pushpak, Vedant Trivedi, Kishan Kumar Singh, Aaron George, Yuvraj Gohil

United Arab Emirates have won the toss and elected to field first against India.

United Arab Emirates U19: Yayin Rai (c), Ayaan Misbah, Ahmed Khudadad, Shalom D’Souza, Prithvi Madhu, Noorullah Ayobi, Saleh Amin (wk), Uddish Suri, Ali Asgar Shums, Yug Sharma, Muhammad Rayan Khan

India U19: Ayush Mhatre (c), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Aaron George, Vihaan Malhotra, Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu (wk), Khilan Patel, Deepesh Devendran, Kishan Kumar Singh, Henil Patel, Kanishk Chouhan

India under-19 skipper Ayush Mhatre takes first strike in the top order against UAE's Yug Jai Sharma to start the innings. There is no run off the first five balls but Mhatre gets the last delivery away past wide long-on for a boundary. Vaibhav Suryavanshi faces up from the other end, and similarly gets a four off the last ball of the second over.

IND U19: 8/0 (2)

Ayush Mhatre is dismissed early, but Vaibhav Suryavanshi (28 not out off 20) is off to another blazing start. The attacking southpaw has hit two sixes and three fours already and is looking good for many more.

IND U19: 48/1 (8)

Suryavanshi gets to 50 off 30 balls! He has cracked four sixes and as many fours in his typically aggressive innings so far. Aaron George (30 not out off 35) has given him decent company, scoring at a slower clip but making sure he stays there with Vaibhav.

IND U19: 89/1 (13)

The Vaibhav Suryavanshi show continues. His appetite for runs is in full display as the southpaw does not rest after a fifty, mixing up big shots with prudent batting. He is now on 98. Another century loading?

IND U19: 151/1 (19)

The 14-year-old's fairytale run continues. Vaibhav Suryavanshi races to his hundred in 55 balls, laced with five fours and nine sixes. He has powered India Colts past the 200-run mark, and is still going strong. Aaron George (64 not out off 67) has also hit an unbeaten fifty, meanwhile.

IND U19: 204/1 (25)

Aaron George eventually departs for 69 off 73, but not before stitching a record 212-run stand with Suryavanshi. But the southpaw goes on with his unfettered ways, blazing away past the 150-run mark in 84 balls. The 14-year-old is lighting up the Dubai sky and while his talent is known all over the cricket world by now, this knock might well start conversations of his senior team call-up.

IND U19: 259/2 (32)

Suryavanshi finally falls for a superlative 95-ball 171. His innings was studded with 14 towering sixes and nine fours, and placed India on course for a 400-plus total. Vihaan Malhotra and Vedant Trivedi have since combined for a steady partnership as India head into the death overs with 300-odd on the board.

IND U19: 294/3 (38)

Shalom D’Souza has Vedant Trivedi caught by UAE skipper Yayin Kiran Rai, and Vihaan Trivedi gets to his fifty before getting dismissed for a superb 69 off 55, falling in the quest for quick runs. India take their total well past the 350-run mark and at 374 for five, it is already the highest total in Under-19 Asia Cup history.

IND U19: 374/5 (45)

The onslaught finally comes to an end for the UAE. India finish their innings at a record 433-run mark, way beyond the previous highest of 363 set by Bangladesh in 2012. Vaibhav Suryavanshi did the bulk of the damage and Aaaron George, Vihaan Malhotra played splendid supporting roles. This will take some chasing.

IND U19: 433/6 (50)

It's time for the reply. United Arab Emirates skipper Yayin Kiran Rai takes guard alongside Shalom D’Souza, and Kishan Singh has the ball in hand for India. Kishan sends down a tidy first five balls, before D’Souza swivels to pull the last ball for a boundary.

UAE: 5/0 (1)

Kishan Singh deals the first blow, having Shalom D'Souza caught for 4 in the third over. Henil Patel then castles Yayin Rai for 17, and both the UAE openers are back in the dugout. Ayaan Misbah and Muhammad Rayan out in the middle, with an extraordinarily difficult task on their shoulders.

UAE: 39/2 (7)

India have UAE on the mat. Deepesh Devendran and Khilan Patel join Kishan Singh in the wickets column as the Emirates top and middle-order crumbles. Unless the lower order resists, this could become one of the biggest defeats in the tournament's history.

UAE: 55/6 (16)

Prithvi Madhu and Uddish Suri have played out 56 balls and compiled 33 runs, which is worth mentioning given the free fall of wickets prior to their stand. India know that victory is virtually guaranteed and it's more a question of when, than if.

UAE U19: 86/6 (23)

Ayush Mhatre keeps it tight through the 34th over, hitting his lengths and allowing nothing easy. Uddish Suri twice tries to work him away but finds no way past the infield, the pressure staying right on him.

Prithvi Madhu finally breaks the sequence with a nudge into the gap for a single, but the over still belongs to Mhatre, who shuts things down with discipline.

Khilan Patel closes out the over with real control, keeping Saleh Amin pinned down on back-to-back deliveries. Amin searches for space, tries to open up a scoring option, but Patel’s tight lines offer nothing, leaving the batter stuck on the crease and the scoreboard frozen.

India defeated UAE by 234 runs, fuelled by Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s blistering 171 off 95 balls that lifted India to a record 433 for 6 in the U19 Asia Cup opener. Vihaan Malhotra and Aaron George added quick fifties, before UAE stumbled early in the chase and limped to 199 for 7 despite late resistance from Prithvi Madhu and Uddish Suri.

That’s a wrap! We’ll be back with another live blog soon, until then, bye bye.