The first match of the U19 Asia Cup was held in Dubai on 12 December.  UAE won the toss and opted to bowl first. It was a bad decision for the UAE team.

Ayush Mhatre and Vaibhav Suryavanshi opened for the India U19 team. Ayush Mhatre got out in the 3rd over. Aaron George and Vihaan Malhotra both scored 69 runs. Vedant Trivedi scored 38 runs. Every batsman contributed, but Vaibhav Suryavanshi just broke the records. What a talented player. Vaibhav scored 171 runs in just 95 balls with a 180 strike rate.

India U19 scored 433 runs. Yug Sharma and Uddish Suri each took 2-2 wickets.  Shalom D’Souza picked 1 wicket.

Yayin Rai and Shalom D’Souza opened for the UAE U19. The UAE, chasing this big total, gave a bad start. Both the openers got out early. Ayaan also got run out. Prithivi Madhu scored a 50, and Uddish Suri scored 78 runs, but UAE fell short. The UAE was only able to score 199 runs in 50 overs.

Deepesh Devendran took 2 wickets. Kishan Kumar Singh, Henil Patel, Khilan Patel, and Vihaan Malhotra each picked 1 wicket. India won by 234 runs