India Under-19 cricket team beat Sri Lanka Under-19 by nine wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Method to clinch their eighth Under-19 Asia Cup title, out of nine, on Friday (31 December, 2021) since 1989.
The Sri Lanka innings was curtailed to 38 overs due to rain and India were given a target of 102 in 50 overs.
ACC U-19 ASIA CUP HISTORY
The 2021 is the fifth time Sri Lanka U-19 are playing in the U-19 Asia Cup final. On all five occasions, they lost against India U-19 in the final
- 1989 in Bangladesh - India beat Sri Lanka by 79 runs in the final
- 2003 in Pakistan - India beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final
- 2012 in Malaysia - India vs. Pakistan final tied and trophy shared
- 2013/14 in UAE - India beat Pakistan by 40 runs in the final
- 2016 in Sri Lanka - India beat Sri Lanka by 34 runs in the final
- 2017 in Malaysia - Afghanistan beat Pakistan by 185 runs in the final
- 2018 in Bangladesh - India beat Sri Lanka by 144 runs in the final
- 2019 in Sri Lanka - India beat Bangladesh by five runs in the final
- 2021 in UAE - India beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets in the final
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Sri Lanka U-19 total was an insufficient 106-9 in 38 overs[/caption]
Chief Scores:
Sri Lanka U-19 106/9 in 38 overs (Yasiru Rodrigo 19 n.o., Raveen de Silva 15, Matheesha Pathirana 14, Sadish Rajapaksa 14; Vicky Ostwal 3/11, Kaushal Tambe 2/23)
India U-19 (target 102 in 50 overs) 104/1 in 21.3 overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 56 n.o., Shaik Rasheed 31 n.o.; Yasiru Rodrigo 1/12)
