India, Dec. 22 -- Sarfaraz Ahmed has spent most of his career living in Pakistan cricket's high-noise zones, but on December 21, 2025, he stumbled into a rarer bracket: beating India in a final thrice, twice as a captain, now as a mentor.

On Sunday in Dubai, Pakistan Under-19s flattened India by 191 runs to win the ACC Men's U19 Asia Cup, with Sarfaraz listed by the PCB as the side's mentor for the tournament.

The headline number from the U19 final was brutal: Pakistan 347/8, India 156 all out in 26.2 overs. It was driven by opener Sameer Minhas' 172 off 113 balls, the kind of innings that doesn't just win matches, it rearranges the opposition's mood before the chase even begins.

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