India U19 Beat UAE by 70 Runs as Aaryavir Sehwag Hits 160 in Asia Cup
India U19 beat UAE U19 by 70 runs in the Men’s Under-19 Asia Cup at Al Amerat on 10 November 2026. Aaryavir Sehwag made 160 from 168 balls and shared a 193-run partnership with VK Vineeth. India reached 309 for seven in 50 overs and the UAE finished on 239, according to the BCCI match centre.
The result sent India into the semi-finals, as reported by The Indian Express. The second-wicket stand explains how India built a total that left the UAE needing more than six runs an over from the start.
The stand that took India from 62 to 255
India lost Lakshya Rajesh Raichandani for 17 at 62. Sehwag and Vineeth then carried the score to 255 before Sehwag fell in the 45th over. Wisden’s innings report records Vineeth’s contribution as 67 off 69 balls. The two batters occupied most of the innings between the opening wicket and the final push.
Sehwag hit 17 fours and seven sixes. Those boundaries supplied 110 of his 160 runs, with the other 50 coming from his scoring between the ropes. He accounted for just over half of India’s final total. His strike rate of 95.24 also shows how an innings close to a run a ball can still contain a large number of boundary shots.
Vineeth’s 67 was important to the shape of the innings. With a second set batter at the crease, the partnership could continue through the middle overs without repeated breaks for new arrivals. The stand supplied about 62 percent of the eventual 309, calculated from the fall-of-wicket totals.
India found another 54 after Sehwag fell
The detailed batting card records Sehwag’s dismissal at 44.2 overs. India moved from 255 at that point to 309 by the end, adding 54 from the remaining 34 legal deliveries. That late burst helped lift the target from a score in the mid-250s to 310.
India also lost five more wickets in that closing spell. Read the runs and wickets together. The score rose quickly while UAE bowlers continued to take wickets, so the last stretch contained both acceleration and risk. The two set batters had given India the base to take those risks with relatively few deliveries left.
What the chase figures show
A target of 310 in 50 overs requires 6.2 runs per over if the full allocation is available. The UAE’s final score of 239 across the 50 overs on the BCCI match record works out to 4.78 runs per over. The difference between the two rates grew into a 70-run margin over the innings.
That calculation summarises the result without treating the required rate as fixed throughout the chase. After a quiet over the rate needed from the remaining deliveries increases. A burst of boundaries can pull it down again. The final margin captures how far the chase finished from India’s completed score, while the scorecard gives the sequence of wickets and overs behind it.
Where to follow the knockout stage
Use the tournament fixture listing for India’s semi-final opponent, venue and start time. The 70-run win belongs to Match 11 at Al Amerat Cricket Ground Turf 2. When checking another result in the same competition, verify the match number and stage before sharing the score. Sehwag’s 160 and the 193-run stand remain the defining figures from India’s group match against the UAE.
One way to read the partnership is to look at the score at which the second wicket fell, then ask what remained for the lower order. India were already at 255 with more than five overs available. That left the incoming batters a short assignment with a high potential return from boundary attempts.
Illustrative photograph.
