Al Amerat, Nov. 14 -- Pain could not force him off the field, nor could the daunting target dent his belief. India's Under-19 batsman Aaryavir Sehwag was determined to stay at the crease against Pakistan in the Asia Cup final, knowing that every ball he faced would keep the opposition bowling attack under pressure.

"I was in a lot of pain, but I did not want to walk off the field. I knew that if I continued batting, I would somehow keep putting pressure on the Pakistani bowling attack, and I wanted to dominate them," Sehwag said after India's dramatic one-wicket victory over Pakistan in the ACC Men's Under-19 Asia Cup final here on Saturday.

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