Sri Lanka U19 hold India U19 to a draw

The first Youth Test match between Sri Lanka U19 and India U19 played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium ended in a tame draw with the visitors taking major honours. Sri Lanka U19 resuming their second innings on their overnight score of 235 for 5 went on to make a modest score of 256 in reply to India's mammoth score of 503.

Sri Lanka U19 made to follow on with a deficit of 247 runs managed to avoid an innings defeat thanks to half tons by Sadeera Samarawickrama and Thilaksha Sumanasiri as they ended with a score of 264 for 9. The two teams will meet in the second Test match scheduled to be played from July 29 to August 1 at the Welagedera Stadium in Kurunegala.

India Under 19 503 for 7 declared (Vijay Zol 173, Sanju Samson 89, Shreyas Iyer 65, Shubham Khajuria 52, Mohammad Saif 17: Chamika Karunaratne 4 for 94)

Sri Lanka Under 19 (235/5 overnight) 256 (Kavindu Kulasekera 76, Minod Bhanuka 56, Hashan Dumindu 42, Sadeera Samarawickrama 17: Kuldeep Yadav 4 for 95, Atul Singh 3 for 39, Chama Milind 2 for 41) and 264 for 9 (Sadeera Samarawickrama 88, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 62, Kusal Mendis 21, Hashan Dumindu 19, Binura Fernando 19: Shreyas Iyer 2 for 22, Atul Singh 2 for 38, Chama Milind 2 for 46-MSA