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Sri Lanka set final clash with India in U-19 Asia Cup
DHAKA, Oct 5, 2018 (BSS)- Nuwanidu Fernando scored a responsible century
as Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 31 runs to set final clash with India in the
ACC U-19 Asia Cup held on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in
Mirpur.
The final will be held on Sunday (October 7) at the same venue.
Fernando hit eight boundaries and three over boundaries to score 111-run
from 129-ball to help Sri Lanka to post a decent total of 209 for 7 from
their allotted 50 overs after they were reduced to 4 for 42 in the second
semifinal encounter.
Nipun Dananjaya (27), Kalana Perera (22) and Pasindu Sooriyabandara (19
n.o) started good but could not convert those into a big knocks after Sri
Lanka were forced to bat first by Afghanistan.
Abdul Rahman was the pick of Afghanistan bowler as he claimed three Sri
Lankan’s wickets conceding 3 for 42 runs.
Chasing a winning target of 210 runs set by Sri Lanka, Afghanistan found
the chase stiff and eventually dismissed at 178 in 48.3 overs.
Skipper Rahmanullah Gurbaz top scored with 46 runs while Ijaz added 37
in the middle as the Afghan batsmen failed to build any effective partnership
to chase the total.
Baseer Khan (27) and Reaz Hussan (15) were the other notable scorers for
Afghan side.
Shashika Dulshan was the most successful bowler for Sri Lanka as he
hauled four Afghan’s wickets conceding 24 runs. He was well supported by
Navod Paranavithana and Kalhara Senarathne who bagged two wickets each for 17
and 41 runs respectively.
Earlier, India confirmed their final spot in the tournament edging past
host Bangladesh by two runs in the first semi-final.
BSS/SG/RY/1805 hrs