India's Under-19s opened their ACC Men's U19 Asia Cup campaign with a rout on Friday, November 6, beating Nepal Under-19s by 10 wickets in the Group A match at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1) in Al Amarat, Oman. Chasing 129, India finished on 129 for no loss in just 19.1 overs, winning with 185 balls to spare, ESPNcricinfo's scorecard showed.

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Openers Aaryavir Sehwag and Lakshya Raichandani did all the work themselves. Sehwag finished unbeaten on 70 off 52 balls, with seven fours and four sixes, while Raichandani made 53 not out off 63 balls with seven fours. Their unbroken stand of 129 came off only 115 balls, Cricbuzz's scorecard confirmed.

Source: Cricbuzz

129/0India U19's chase, completed in 19.1 overs
70*Aaryavir Sehwag, off 52 balls (7 fours, 4 sixes)
128Nepal U19 all out in 42.3 overs
185 ballsMargin of victory — wickets and balls to spare

Nepal bowled out for 128 after India chose to field

India won the toss and elected to field first, and Nepal never recovered from a slow, wicket-by-wicket slide. Darsh Sonar top-scored for Nepal with 43 off 93 balls, while Ishan Sood was the pick of India's bowlers with 3 for 18 from his 10 overs, including four maidens, according to CricTracker's full scorecard. Nepal were dismissed for 128 in 42.3 overs.

Source: CricTracker

The result gives India two points from their opening Group A fixture, with Nepal taking none. The emphatic margin also hands India a strong early net-run-rate advantage in the group stage of the tournament.

India named their U19 Asia Cup squad earlier this week, with Sehwag and Anvay Dravid among the headline picks. Read the squad story