Bangladesh celebrate their win against Nepal
Bangladesh Akbar Ali - Man of the Match
- ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2019
By Shamseer Jaleel
Hosts Sri Lanka and Bangladesh carried their unbeaten tag when they beat UAE and Nepal respectively in their ACC Under-19 Asia Cup which is in progress in Colombo.
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh by winning both their matches will qualify for the semi-finals. Both teams will meet in the first round game tomorrow at Moratuwa. Meanwhile Afghanistan and India will move forward for the semi-final from their group.
Pakistan will be pushed out of the tournament first around as they suffered their second defeat in two games. They lost out to India and Afghanistan in their two games. They will play Kuwait in their last group encounter.
Sri Lanka beat UAE by 52 runs at Katunayake
Sri Lanka 326 for 8 in 50 overs
- Ahan Wickramasinghe 73, Navod Paranavithana 61, Nipun Dananjaya 60, Rohan Sanjaya 36, Chamindu Wijesinghe 27, Ravindu Rasantha 22
- RisharbBukherjee 3 for 65, PalaniapanMeiyappan 2 for 70
- UAE 274 for 9 in 50 overs
- AnshTandon 100 not out, Osama Hassan 55, AlishanSharafu 36, Syed Haider 27, V.Aravind 26
- Navod Paranavithana 4 for 54, Rohan Sanjaya 2 for 36, Nipun Dananjaya 2 for 41
Bangladesh beat Nepal by six wickets at P. Sara Stadium
Nepal 261 for 8 in 50 overs
- PawanSarraf 81 Sandeep Johra 56, RitGautham 32, Kushal Malla 28
- Tanzim Hasan Sakib 2 for 51, Shahin Alam 2 for 58
- Bangladesh 262 for 4 in 49.2 overs
- Akbar Ali 98 not out, TowhidHridoy 60, Shamim Hossain 42 not out, Mahmudul Hasan Joy 40
- Kamal Singh 2 for 59
India beat Pakistan by 60 runs at Moratuwa
India 305 for 9 in 50 overs
- Arjun Azad 121, Nt Tilak Varma 110
- Naseem Shah 3 for 52, Abbas Afridi 3 for 72
- Pakistan 245 in 46.4 overs
- Rohil Nazir 117, Haris Khan 43
- AtharvaAnkolekar 3 for 36, VidyadharPatil 2 for 28
Afghanistan beat Kuwait by seven wickets at RPICS
Kuwait 85 in 27.3 overs
- Meet Bhavsar 20
- Fazal Haque 2 for 20, ShafiqullahGhafari 4 for 16
- Afghanistan 83 for 3 in 12.5 overs
- Farhan Zakhil 38 not out, M.Rahmatullah 28
Sri Lanka beat Nepal by five wickets at RPICS
Nepal 159 for 9 in 42 overs
- Rit Gautam 54, Rohit Paudel 47
- Dilshan Madushanka 3 for 23, Navod Paranavithana 3 for 26
- Sri Lanka 159 for 5 in 33.4 overs
- Kamil Mishara 55, Ahan Wickramasinghe 30, A. Tharindu 25 not out
- Rashid Khan 2 for 21
Bangladesh beat UAE by 6 wickets at Katunayake
UAE 127 in 28 overs
- Osama Hassan 58, AlishanSharafu 34
- Rakibul Hasan 3 for 25, Tanzim Hasan Sakib 3 for 36, Shariful Islam 2 for 16
- Bangladesh 128 for 4 in 21.3 overs
- Tanzid Hasan 45, Hossain Emon 30, Hasan Joy 27
- Rishabh Mukherjee 2 for 27
Match fixtures today
- India vs Afghanistan – CCC
- Pakistan vs Kuwait – Moratuwa
Pix by Chamila Karunarathna
