U19 Asia Cup: India beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets to lift eighth title; Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vicky Ostwal shine

Chasing
a
revised
target
of
102
runs,
via
the
DLS
method,
India
reached
home
in
21.3
overs.
Opener
Angkrish
Raghuvanshi
scored
an
unbeaten
56
off
67
deliveries
in
the
run
chase.
Raghuvanshi’s
opening
partner
Harnoor
Singh
was
dismissed
cheaply
for
5.
Shaik
Rasheed,
however,
scored
31
off
49
deliveries
and
forged
an
unbeaten
96-run
partnership
for
the
second
wicket.

Earlier
in
the
day,
a
dominating
bowling
performance
helped
India
restrict
Sri
Lanka
to
106
for
nine
after
the
Lankan
colts
opted
to
bat.
Though
early
morning
showers
made
conditions
ideal
for
seam
bowling
first
up.

The
Indian
pace
duo
of
Rajvardhan
Hangargekar
and
Ravi
Kumar
made
the
ball
talk
though
the
former
was
a
tad
unlucky
to
not
get
a
wicket.
Left-arm
pacer
Ravi
got
the
first
wicket
of
the
match
by
removing
Chamindu
Wickramasinghe
in
the
fourth
over.

The
left-hander
opener
went
for
a
big
hoick
over
mid-wicket
but
ended
up
mistiming
it
straight
into
the
hands
of
Raj
Bawa
at
third
man.
Wickramasinghe’s
opening
partner
Shevon
Daniel
tried
to
pull
Bawa
but
the
ball
got
big
on
him,
taking
a
faint
edge
to
wicketkeeper
Aaradhya
Yadav
to
leave
Sri
Lanka
at
15
for
two
in
the
11th
over.

India,
who
have
won
a
record
seven
Asia
Cup
titles,
looked
like
a
far
superior
team.
Hangargekar
was
the
most
impressive
pacer
in
the
first
10
overs,
generating
a
good
pace
that
hurried
the
batters
besides
extracting
movement
off
the
pitch.

The
Sri
Lanka
batters
looked
completely
at
sea
against
the
Indian
bowlers,
be
it
fast
bowlers
or
the
spin
pairing
of
Kaushal
Tambe
and
Vicky
Ostwal.
Both
off-spinner
Tambe
and
left-arm
spinner
Ostwal
got
the
oddball
to
turn
sharply.
Ostwal
got
two
in
one
to
leave
Sri
Lanka
in
dire
straits
at
57
for
seven.

Southpaw
Dunit
Wellagle
attempted
a
slog
sweep
to
break
the
shackles
but
ended
up
getting
caught
in
the
deep.
Two
balls
later
Ranuda
Somarathne
missed
Oswal’s
arm
ball
on
the
back
foot,
trapping
him
in
front
of
the
stumps.

With
India
set
to
bowl
out
Sri
Lanka
for
a
sub-100
total,
heavy
rain
lashed
Dubai
International
Cricket
Stadium
with
the
Islanders
at
74
for
seven
in
33
overs.
After
a
long
delay,
the
match
resumed
and
was
revised
to
38
overs
per
side.

In
the
five
overs
Sri
Lanka
had,
they
managed
32
runs
for
the
loss
of
two
wickets.
Hangargekar
got
a
much
deserved
wicket
on
the
last
ball
of
the
innings
with
Antriksh
Raghuvasnshi
taking
a
diving
catch
at
the
square
leg
boundary
to
dismiss
Matheesha
Pathirana.

(With
PTI
inputs)