India colts are Asian champs
Mirpur, Oct. 7: India’s U- 19 team on Sunday followed the footsteps of their seniors to win the U- 19 Asia Cup title with a crushing 144run win against Sri Lanka in the final with Delhi boys Ayush Badoni and Harsh Tyagi playing prominent roles.
Just a week back, the senior team beat Bangladesh in a closely fought final in Dubai to emerge as continental champions. Runaway favourites, India outplayed Sri Lanka in all departments by first scoring an imposing 303 for six at the Sher- eBangla Stadium after skipper Prabh Simran Singh won the toss and elected to bat. All the Indian batsmen contributed with openers Yashasvi Jaiswal ( 85 off 113 balls) and Anuj Rawat ( 57 off 79 balls) creating solid foundation with 121- run stand.
However the highlight of the Indian innings was Badoni’s blistering unbeaten
knock of 52 off 28 balls which included five sixes and two fours. Along with skipper Prabh Simran ( 65 no off 37 balls), Badoni added 110 runs in 9.1 overs to literally bat Sri Lanka out of the match. The island nation were never in the chase as they were all out for 160 in 38.4 overs losing wickets at regular intervals with left- arm spinner Harsh Tyagi’s registering brilliant figures of 6 for 38 in 10 overs.
He flighted a few and fired a few down the channel in what was his best performance at the U- 19 level till date.