Published: Dec 21, 2015, 09:00 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 11:57 AM (IST)
Subha udǣsanak! Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage and blog of the finals of the One-Day International (ODI) series between Sri Lanka U19 and India U19 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. India, having played four games and is on top of the table and qualified for the final against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka played four game played only winning one qualify for the finals on points as England did not win any of the four matches they played. It will be a riveting finale to hard fought series featuring future stars for India, Sri Lanka and England. India U-19 will want to make it a memorable end to the year with a series win after earlier wining series against Afghanistan and Bangladesh earlier.
Live Cricket Score, India 159/5 in overs 33.5 | Batting: Ricky Bhui 29(40), Mahipal Lomror 1(12) | India have won! This has been a wonderful all-round display by the Indians. Bit of a stutter at the end, but this has been a dominant display throughout. India undefeated in the series. OUT! Sarfaraz Khan 14(24) c Kumara b Silva, Ishan Kishan 12(8) b Silva, Anmolpreet Singh 0(5) b P de Silva
Live Cricket Score, India 112/2 in overs 23 | Batting: Ricky Bhui 9(20), Sarfaraz Khan 1(3) | India are on course for a big win. Just 47 runs needed to win. Ricky Bhui and Sarfaraz Khan are in the middle now, Washington Sundar has been dismissed for a fine 55. OUT! Washington Sundar 55(77) c de Silva b Silva
Live Cricket Score, India 93/1 in overs 17 | Batting: Washington Sundar 47(64), Ricky Bhui 0(0) | First man down for India. It’s Rishabh Pant who is back in the hut now. He departs for 35 off 39 balls, but Washington Sundar is still going strong. India on course for another huge win. OUT! Rishabh Pant 35(39) c WIA Fernando b Asalanka
Live Cricket Score, India 45/0 in overs 9 | Batting: Washington Sundar 18(33), Rishabh Pant 17(23) | Great start for India. Washington Sundar and Rishabh Pant have already knocked off 45 of the runs they need. India have been unstoppable so far, they will love to make it a clean sweep.
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 158 in overs 47.2 | Batting: Asitha Fernando 4(11) | It’s all over. Sri Lanka bowled out for a paltry 158, India now need just 159 to win the final. This could be a thrilling chase or an easy one depending on how India start off. OUT! Lahiru Kumara 11(21) Run out
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 142/9 in overs 43 | Batting: Asitha Fernando 0(0), Lahiru Kumara 0(6) | Sri Lanka have survived this long, but with both Vishad Randika and Damitha Silva out it is now up to the final pair to survive the death overs. India have been excellent. OUT! Vishad Randika 58(75) c Khaleel Ahmed b Mavi, Damitha Silva 23(47) c Rishabh Pant b Khaleel Ahmed
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 95/7 in overs 32 | Batting: Vishad Randika 34(54), Damitha Silva 5(25) | India continue to bowl wonderfully. Sri Lanka are reeling at 95 for 7 at the moment. They have Vishad Randika to thank for the fact that they have even got this far. OUT! Jehan Daniel 6(27) c & b Mayank Dagar
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka 59/6 in overs 20, Batting: Vishad Randika 5(17), Jehan Daniel 0(0) | Sri Lanka is losing wickets in regular intervals which is not at all a good sign for them. Their batting line up has failed entirely today and now tail-enders are there to come out. Still may overs left to play and if the two batsmen currently at the crease manage to build up a productive partnership, it may come in their rescue. OUT! Wanidu Harasanga de Silva b Dagar 11 (26), Kamindu Mendis c Ahmed b Mavi 18 (33)
Live Cricket Score, Sri Lanka Under 19 38/4 in overs 13, Batting: Wanidu Harasanga de Silva 2(6), Kamindu Mendis 14(21) | A great start by the Indian bowlers as the Sri Lanka team has already lost 4 wickets within 12 overs. They haven’t reached their 50 yet and this is going to create problem for the hosts. Bowlers Avesh Khan and Khaleel Ahmed have both bagged a couple of wickets while Avesh has been marvelous as he has bowled 3 maiden overs so far. OUT! Shammu Asan c Ishan Kishan(wk) b Ahmed 1(7), Kaveen Bandara c Pant b Avesh Khan 12(22), Charith Asalanka c Khan b Ahmed 0(6), Avishka Fernando c Bhui b Avesh Khan 7(11)
TOSS: Sri Lanka U19 won the toss and elected to elected to bat.
Earlier, Virat Singh and Washington Sundar struck half centuries as India Under-19s defeated Sri Lanka Under-19s by four wickets to record their fourth successive win in the tri-nation cricket tournament at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Thursday. With this victory, India colts have assured their place in the final to be played on December 19. Chasing 222, India lost their openers early but Sundar and Anmolpreet Singh put their side back on track with a 55-run partnership. Anmolpreet was run out for 25 in the 19th over, but Sundar carried onto make 61, before he fell in a similar manner. Opting to bowl, India made early inroads to reduce Sri Lanka to 75 for three in 17.3 overs. Opener Kaveen Bandara, though, held firm, and scored an elegant 74 off 116 balls, including four fours, and added 91 for the fourth wicket with Kamindu Mendis (65 off 93 balls). Both batsmen scored fifties, but exited in quick succession, which triggered a slide.
Sri Lanka lost their last six wickets for 55 runs and were restricted to 221. Seamer Khaleel Ahmed was the most successful bowler for India, returning figures of four for 55.
Squads:
India: Ricky Bhui (c), Rishabh Pant, Virat Singh (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Amandeep Khare, Ishan Kishan, Anmolpreet Singh, Washington Sundar, Himanshu Rana, Avesh Khan, Rahul Batham, Zeeshan Ansari, Yogesh Sharma, Kanishk Seth, Mayank Dagar, Mahipal Lomror, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Shubham Mavi.
Sri Lanka U-19: Charith Asalanka (c), Kasun Randika (wk), Shammu Ashan, Wanidu Harasanga de Silva, Avishka Fernando, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Kamindu Mendis, Salindu Ushan Pereira, Lahiru Samarakoon, Damitha Silva.
