IND-A vs PAK-A

That brings down the curtains on what has been a forgettable day for Indian cricket overall. But as they say, the sun is new each day. Here is Sourabh Agrawal singing off on behalf of Darpan Tikiya and the entire team at Sportskeeda. Keep following for all the action from around the world, cheers!

Irfan Khan (Pakistan A captain): "It was a simple plan to go with the spinners because it is our strength, we have got good leg spinners and they bowled really well. Ubaid bowled really well. Maaz Sadaqat is a a key player for us. Definitely happy to win two games but we will be more happy when we win the cup."

Jitesh Sharma (India A captain): "It happens in T20, I don't' blame anyone (on the collapse). It is all about soaking in the pressure. But it was nice that we had this experience in the league stage and will be useful in the semis and the final. Tough to judge what a good score is looking at our team. Vaibhav and Priyansh set the tone for us and it was our job to finish the job on but it was a bad day for us. Proud of my boys with the way they threw themselves around in the field and went for wickets. They really played good cricket but we just lacked a little in soaking up the pressure. The boys are just 22-23 (years of age) and it is a learning experience, all about gaining experience."

Maaz Sadaqat (Player of the Match): "Thanks to the almighty. I am really happy that I won the match for my team. There is a lot of hard work that has gone into this. The pitch was a little slow and the ball was also staying low. But we have worked hard for all challenges. Every match is important. So, we talk about forgetting the results of every game and moving on."

8:33 PM local time, 11:03 PM IST: MATCH SUMMARY

Pakistan A (137/2 in 13.2 overs) defeat India (136 all-out in 19 overs) by 8 wickets with 40 balls to spare

Maaz Sadaqat 79*(47) & 2/12(3)
Vaibhav Suryavanshi 45(28) | Suyash Sharma 1/31 (4)

With that win, Pakistan A become the first team to officially qualify for the semi-finals.

A comprehensive win for the young men from Pakistan, it was almost as if India A completely switched off the fall of Vaibhav Suryavanshi's wicket in the 10th over in the first innings.

It was a dramatic collapse which saw India A crumble down from 91/2 to 136 all-out and the game was truly lost there as the Indians lost their last 8 wickets for just 45 runs in just over 9 overs.

The score was always going to be under par and India's only hope was the new ball but they were poor with it and conceded far too many runs. Some sloppy fielding combined with ordinary bowling meant that Pakistan A raced off to a rapid start. The opening partnership of 55 in 5.3 overs pretty much sealed the fate of this match and Maaz Sadaqat made sure there was no hiccups as he saw Pakistan A over the line with an all-round performance.

13.2 Naman Dhir to Mohammad Faiq, SIX! Pakistan-A win by 8 wickets. Faiq takes his helmet off and gives it a little kiss. It was a dragged down delivery from Dhir which was pummelled over midwicket. 

13.1 Naman Dhir to Maaz Sadaqat, shorter side of good length, outside off, delivered from over the wicket. Slashed to deep cover for a single.

Down to single digits now, just 7 more needed off 42 balls as Naman Dhir [1.0-0-20-0] comes back for what could be the final over of the match.

12.5 Yash Thakur to Mohammad Faiq, FOUR! Good length ball in line with the off stump. Faiq unleashed a short arm pull to send the ball racing to the forward square leg boundary.

Got to question the tactic of bowling the leg side line with the fine leg up in the circle. That is two on the trot, could very well have the man back on the fence if he wants to bowl it there.

12.2 Yash Thakur to Mohammad Faiq, FOUR! Thakur bowled the slower one, in the slot and that was slammed to the straight boundary after clearing of the front leg. 

12.1 Yash Thakur to Mohammad Faiq, YORKER GONE WRONG! FOUR! Speared in from over the wicket, it ended up down the leg side and was hence flicked past short fine leg's right.