Sri Lanka Under 19s keep Youth ODI series alive

St. Servatius’ College all-rounder Viran Chamuditha and St. John’s College Jaffna speedster Kugathas Mathulan picked up three wickets each as Sri Lanka Under 19s pulled off 27 runs victory over Bagladesh Under 19s to keep the Youth ODI series alive.

The hosts restricted Bangladesh to 169 runs to record their second victory of the six-match series at the SSC ground. Now Sri Lanka Under 19s need to win the sixth Youth ODI to level the series. Bangladesh lead the series 3-2.



The hosts posted 196 runs thanks largely to skipper Vimath Dinsara’s 47-ball 42 runs and Aadham Hilmy’s half century. Hilmy anchored the tail with a 59 ball knock which included seven fours and a six. Suwahas Fernando and Kithma Vidanapathirana scored 28 runs each.

When Bangladesh camevto bat, Viran Chamuditha and Tharusha Navodya rattled the top order to leave the visitors struggling at 96 for five wickets at one stage. Bangladesh fought back through the efforts of their seventh wicket pair of Samiun Basir and Farid Hasan who put on 51 runs. They were seperated by Kavija Gamage before Kugathas Mathulan returned to mop up the tail.

Scores: Sri Lanka U19 196 all out in 42.3 overs (Suwahas Fernando 28, Kithma Vidanapathirana 28, Vimath Dinsara 42, Aadham Hilmy 51; Saad Islam 2/29, Rizan Hossan 2/30, Samiun Basir 3/35, Farhan Shahriar 2/05) Bangladesh U19 169 all out in 45 overs (Rison Hossan 25, Md Abdullah 32, Debasish Deba 24, Farid Hasan 30n.o.

, Samiun Basir 37; Tharusha Navodya 2/30, Viran Chamuditha 3/26, Kugathas Mathulan 3/26).