India reaffirmed their dominance within the Under-19 Asia Cup with a document eighth title as they thrashed Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in a rain-hit summit conflict right here on Friday.
Indian bowlers have been throughout Sri Lanka, gasping for 74 for seven in 33 overs when it rained closely on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and play stopped for greater than two hours.
It grew to become a 38-over-a-side contest when Sri Lanka resumed the sport at 106 for 9.
India have been set a revised goal of 102 runs in 38 overs by way of the DLS methodology, which they reached comfortably in 21.3 overs with opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi scoring an unbeaten 56 off 67 balls.
India’s solely loss within the competitors was to arch-rivals Pakistan, who misplaced to Sri Lanka within the semi-finals.
The match supplied beneficial taking part in time for the Yash Dhull-led facet forward of the Under-19 World Cup starting in West Indies on January 14.
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah congratulated the group on its success.
Congratulations to the beneath 19 group for successful the Asia cup..no cricket for 15 months from 2020 for covid and successful is a commendable effort..good for the pliers,coaches,new gamers little or no to select one of the best gamers give time. .NCA deserves numerous credit score @BCCI
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) December 31, 2021
“Congratulations to the Under 19 team for winning the Asia Cup..No cricket for 15 months from 2020 for covid and winning is a commendable effort.. Good for the pliers, coaches, freshmen who are very happy to pick the best players Give time..NCA deserves a lot of credit,” tweeted Ganguly.
Congratulations to India U19 for his or her excellent efficiency #U19AsiaCup And to win the championship for the eighth time! The match is a perfect preparation forward of the ICC Under-19 World Cup to be held within the West Indies subsequent month. #BoysInBlue pic.twitter.com/77YejdVqbC
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) December 31, 2021
Shah wrote, “Congratulations to India U19 on an ideal efficiency within the #U19AsiaCup and successful the championship for the eighth time! The match is a perfect preparation forward of the ICC Under-19 World Cup to be held within the West Indies subsequent month. After the match’s main scorer Harnoor Singh was cheaply chased, Raghuvanshi performed properly with Sheikh Rashid (31 not out on 49) to get the job accomplished.
The opener, who couldn’t make an influence within the earlier video games, grew in confidence after taking part in a backfoot punch at first of the innings. His backfoot recreation was spectacular in opposition to the quick bowlers and his legs have been certain of tempo in opposition to the spinners. Raghuvanshi’s innings included six fours.
Earlier, Sri Lanka opted to bat via the morning showers, making circumstances excellent for quick bowling first.
The Indian tempo duo of Rajvardhan Hangargekar and Ravi Kumar introduced the ball into the limelight, though the previous was an unfortunate one to not take the wicket.
Left-arm quick bowler Ravi bought the primary wicket of the match by dismissing Chamindu Wickremesinghe within the fourth over. The left-handed opener strikes an enormous blow over mid-wicket however passes it straight into the palms of Raj Bawa over third man.
Wickremesinghe’s opening associate Shevon Daniels tried to drag off Bawa, however the ball went large on him, as wicketkeeper Aaradhya Yadav bowled out Sri Lanka for 15 for 2 within the eleventh over.
India gave the impression to be a much better group. Hangargekar was probably the most spectacular tempo bowler within the first 10 overs, producing good tempo that bought the batsmen hasty, other than taking the tempo off the pitch.
Sri Lanka’s batsmen regarded utterly seasick in opposition to Indian bowlers, be it the quick bowlers or the spin duo of Kaushal Tambe (2/23) and Vicky Ostwal (3/11). Off-spinner Tambe and left-arm spinner Ostwal each gave sharp turns to the odd ball.
Ostwal took two wickets in a single to place Sri Lanka in hassle at 57 for seven. Southpaw Danit Velagal tried a sweep sweep to interrupt the chains, however was finally caught within the deep.
Two balls later, Ranuda Somarathne missed an arm ball from Oswal to the again foot, leaving him caught in entrance of the stumps.
Heavy rain halted the sport as India bowled out Sri Lanka for a sub-100 complete.
Sri Lanka scored 32 runs in 5 overs for the lack of two wickets.
Hangargekar bought a much-deserved wicket with Raghuvanshi taking a diving catch on the sq. leg boundary to dismiss Mathisha Pathirana on the final ball of the innings.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
