India kick Sri Lanka by 34 runs to lift U-19 Asia Cup title

Colombo: India dished out a clinical opening to kick hosts Sri Lanka by 34 runs and lift a Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup title, here yesterday.

Opting to bat after winning a toss, India under-19s initial posted a rival 273 for 8 in their 50 overs and afterwards rode on a spinners’ excellent bowling bid to play out Sri Lanka Under-19 to 239 in 48.4 overs.

The initial 5 batsmen, generally Himanshu Rana (71 off 79) and one-down Shubman Gill (70 off 92), were instrumental in laying a substructure for India’s total, that in a finish incited out to be too most for a Islanders to overwhelm.

After opener Prithvi Shaw’s (39) exclusion during a group measure of 67, Rana and Gill combined 88 runs for a second wicket to take India’s innings forward.

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