India crush Sri Lanka by 144 runs to lift 6th U19 Asia Cup title
Sunday - October 7, 2018 7:36 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Dhaka Oct 7 (IANS) India rode on an all-round show to crush Sri Lanka by 144 runs to bag the Under-19 Asia Cup 2018 title at the Shere Bangla National stadium here on Sunday.
This was also India s sixth U-19 Asia Cup title after winning the tournament earlier in 1989 2003 2012 2014 and 2016.
Opting to bat first good contributions from the top and middle order helped India put a challenging 304/3 in 50 overs.
Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (85) and Anuj Rawat (57) took India to a flying start as they added 121 runs in 25.1 overs. After Anuj s fall Devdutt Padikkal chipped in with 31 runs.
Yashasvi was the next to be dismissed in the 38th over as Indian scorecard read 180/2 and was followed by Padikkal 14 runs later.
However captain PrabhSimran Singh and Ayush Badoni remained unbeaten on 65 and 52 runs respectively as India put a decent target on board.
In reply Sri Lanka were off to a disastrous start and kept on losing wickets at regular intervals thanks to left-arm spinner Harsh Tyagi s 6/38.
Sri Lanka never looked in control as other than Nishan Madushka (49) and Navod Paranavithana (48) all other batsman failed to put up a show against a lethal Indian bowling attack.
Sri Lanka could only manage to reach 160 runs as the entire team collapsed like a pack of cards facing only 39 overs.
Brief scores:
India U19- 304/3 in 50 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 85 PrabhSimran Singh 65 not out; Dulith Wellalage 1/24) beat Sri Lanka U19 160 all out in 38.4 overs (Nishan Madushka 49 Navod Paranavithana 48; Harsh Tyagi 6/38) by 144 runs.
--IANS kk/sed
This was also India s sixth U-19 Asia Cup title after winning the tournament earlier in 1989 2003 2012 2014 and 2016.
Opting to bat first good contributions from the top and middle order helped India put a challenging 304/3 in 50 overs.
Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (85) and Anuj Rawat (57) took India to a flying start as they added 121 runs in 25.1 overs. After Anuj s fall Devdutt Padikkal chipped in with 31 runs.
Yashasvi was the next to be dismissed in the 38th over as Indian scorecard read 180/2 and was followed by Padikkal 14 runs later.
However captain PrabhSimran Singh and Ayush Badoni remained unbeaten on 65 and 52 runs respectively as India put a decent target on board.
In reply Sri Lanka were off to a disastrous start and kept on losing wickets at regular intervals thanks to left-arm spinner Harsh Tyagi s 6/38.
Sri Lanka never looked in control as other than Nishan Madushka (49) and Navod Paranavithana (48) all other batsman failed to put up a show against a lethal Indian bowling attack.
Sri Lanka could only manage to reach 160 runs as the entire team collapsed like a pack of cards facing only 39 overs.
Brief scores:
India U19- 304/3 in 50 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 85 PrabhSimran Singh 65 not out; Dulith Wellalage 1/24) beat Sri Lanka U19 160 all out in 38.4 overs (Nishan Madushka 49 Navod Paranavithana 48; Harsh Tyagi 6/38) by 144 runs.
--IANS kk/sed
