Published: Dec 21, 2016, 01:30 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 21, 2016, 10:20 PM (IST)
Good Morning, शà¥à¤ पà¥à¤°à¤à¤¾à¤¤, සුභ උදෑසනක්! Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry’s live blog of the 2nd semi-final match between India U19 and Afghanistan U19 of the ongoing ACC U19 Asia Cup 2016 at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday. Tuesday saw Indian winning the first semi-final, as they beat minnows Afghanistan convincingly by 77 runs. As a result, the winner of this match will take on India in the final of the tournament at the same venue. Owing to that result means it is going to be an uphill task for either of the sides from this tie to have an uphill task going into the final.
This will be a closely contested match, unlike the first semi-final between India and Afghanistan. Sri Lanka will look to make full use of the home conditions to overcome Bangladesh. Afif Hossain is going to be the key player for Bangladesh with both bat and ball once again. He has had a good tournament so far and would look to continue his good run of form in this crucial fixture as well. Bangladesh started the tournament well with a couple of resounding wins, first over Afghanistan and then followed it up with a comprehensive win over Singapore. Hosts Sri Lanka on the other hand were made to work hard in their opening match against Nepal. Having put into bat first, Sri Lanka scored 227 for 8 in their 50 overs.
A tournament that started on December 15, has just two more matches remaining. Both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have lost just one match in the tournament so far and cannot afford any further slip-up in this match.
Squad:
Sri Lanka: Kamindu Mendis (c), Sanjula Abeywickreme, Ashen Bandara, Hasitha Boyagoda, Vishva Chathuranga (wk), Jehan Daniel, Praveen Jayawickrama, Thilan Prasan, Nipun Ransika, Lasith Croospulle, Wanitha Wanninayaka, Hareen Weerasingha, Reven Kelly, Dilshan Gamage.
Bangladesh: Abdul Halim (c & wk), Afif Hossain, Aminul Islam, Golam Mortaza Surkhab, Habibur Rahman, Mukidul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Nazmul Alom, Qazi Onik, Saif Hassan, Shakhawat Hossain, Yeasin Arafat, Mohammad Sozib, Rayan Rahman, Mohammad Karim, Mahbub Ali.
