Sri Lanka secures semi-final spot
Sri Lanka recorded a close 23-run win over Pakistan in their Under-19 Asia Cup Cricket Tournament match played at the MA Aziz Stadium in Bangladesh yesterday.
With this win, Sri Lanka secured the top spot in Group ‘B’ and also qualified to play in the semi-finals along with India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
The two semi-finals are scheduled to be played on October 4 and 5 at the Dhaka Stadium.
In other matches worked off yesterday, India secured a 51-run win against Afghanistan at the Krira Ground 3.
In addition, hosts Bangladesh defeated Hong Kong by five wickets at the Zahur Ahmed Stadium while Nepal recorded a three-wicket win over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Krira Ground 4.
At MA Aziz Stadium (Sri Lanka U-19 won by 23 runs)
Sri Lanka U-19: 200 in 49.4 overs (Kalana Perera 51, Nipun Dhananjaya 33, Navod Paranavithana 26, Nipun Malinga 23, Arshad Iqbal 6/34, Bilal Javed 2/25)
Pakistan U-19: 177/8 in 50 overs (Awaiz Zafar 43, Waqar Ahmad 24, Jahanzaib Sultan 22, Saad Khan 22, Arshad Iqbal 26 n.o, Navod Paranavithana 2/27, Dunith Wellalage 2/28, Kalhara Senaratne 2/32).
At Krira Ground 3 (India U-19 won by 51 runs)
India U-19: 221 in 45.3 overs (Yashavi Jaiswal 92,
With this win, Sri Lanka secured the top spot in Group ‘B’ and also qualified to play in the semi-finals along with India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh
Ayush Badoni 65, Qais Ahmad 3/33, Azmatullah Omarzai 3/46)
Afghanistan U-19: 170 in 45.4 overs (Reyaz Hassan 47, Rahmadullah Gurbaz 37, Basir Khan 29, Siddarth Desai 4/37, Harsh Tyagi 3/40, Sameer Choudhary 2/18).
At Zahur Ahmed Stadium (Bangladesh U-19 won by five wickets)
Hong Kong U-19: 91 (Mohammad Rishad 3/11, Mohammad Mrittunjoy 2/16, Rakibul Hasan 2/17)
Bangladesh U-19: 92/5 in 11.2 overs (Akbar Ali 25, Mahmudul Hasan 32 n.o, Narulla Rana 4/39).
At Krira Ground 4 (Nepal U-19 won by three wickets)
UAE: 268/8 in 50 overs (Fahad Nawaz 83, M. Ansh 67, Pawan Sarraf 3/43, Nandan Yadav 2/51, Rashid Khan 2/51)
Nepal U-19: 274/7 in 49.3 overs (Rohit Kumar 92, Sundeep Jora 67, Mahamad Asif 35, Rashid Khan 27 n.o, Aaaron Benjamin 2/23, Aryan Lakra 2/38).