{"id":7414,"date":"2026-01-06T15:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/7414\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:18:07","slug":"pakistan-beat-zimbabwe-to-clinch-under-19-tri-nation-series-title-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/7414\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan beat Zimbabwe to clinch Under-19 tri-nation series title – Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pakistan Under-19 team added another title to its growing list of achievements on Tuesday, defeating hosts Zimbabwe by nine wickets in the final of the Under-19 tri-nation ODI series.<\/p>\n

Batting first after Pakistan opted to field, Zimbabwe Under-19 were bowled out for 158 in 44.4 overs.<\/p>\n

The hosts suffered an early collapse as Pakistan pacer Umar Zaib dismantled the top order, reducing Zimbabwe to five wickets for just 15 runs.<\/p>\n

Michael Blignaut top-scored for Zimbabwe with 60 runs, while Tetenda Chemogoro remained unbeaten on 28. Benny Zuze contributed 16, and Leroy Chiwohla 15, but seven Zimbabwe batters failed to reach double figures.<\/p>\n

For Pakistan, Umar Zaib claimed four wickets, Abdul Subhan took two, while Muhammad Siyam, Daniyal Ali Khan and Ahmed Hussain picked up one wicket each.<\/p>\n

In reply, Pakistan chased down the 159-run target in just 16.2 overs, losing only one wicket.<\/p>\n

Opener Sameer Minhas starred with a commanding 114-run innings, smashing 17 fours and five sixes.<\/p>\n

Muhammad Shayan scored an unbeaten 38, while Usman Khan finished on two not out. Leroy Chiwohla claimed the lone wicket for Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

The emphatic victory capped a successful tour for Pakistan, who recently won the Under-19 Asia Cup, underlining their dominance at the youth level.<\/p>\n

Mohsin Naqvi congratulates<\/p>\n

PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi congratulated the team on winning the tri-nation series.<\/p>\n

In a message on X, he praised the players\u2019 hard work, commitment and skill, saying they had made the nation proud.<\/p>\n

Naqvi also lauded Sameer Minhas for his aggressive batting and commended captain Farhan Yousuf, the rest of the squad and support staff for their overall performance.<\/p>\n

He expressed hope that the team would carry the same momentum into the upcoming Under-19 World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pakistan Under-19 team added another title to its growing list of achievements on Tuesday, defeating hosts Zimbabwe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[5267,5268,5266,5263,5265,5260,5264,5272,5262,5258,5269,4061,5273,4801,5259,5261,5271,5270,106],"class_list":{"0":"post-7414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zimbabwe","8":"tag-abdul-subhan","9":"tag-ahmed-hussain","10":"tag-benny-zuze","11":"tag-daniyal-ali-khan","12":"tag-farhan-yousuf","13":"tag-leroy-chiwohla","14":"tag-michael-blignaut","15":"tag-mohsin-naqvi","16":"tag-muhammad-shayan","17":"tag-muhammad-siyam","18":"tag-naqvi","19":"tag-pakistan","20":"tag-pcb","21":"tag-sameer-minhas","22":"tag-tetenda-chemogoro","23":"tag-umar-zaib","24":"tag-under-19","25":"tag-usman-khan","26":"tag-zimbabwe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}