This comes just a couple of weeks after the Rohit Sharma-led senior Indian team defeated Bangladesh in the final of the Asia Cup.
India won the Under-19 Asia Cup on Sunday with a 144-run victory over Sri Lanka in the final at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. This comes just a couple of weeks after the Rohit Sharma-led senior Indian team defeated Bangladesh in the final of the Asia Cup in Dubai.
Indian captain Prabhsimran Singh won the toss and elected to bat first. Half-centuries by openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (85) and Anuj Rawat (57) ensured the Rahul Dravid-coached team got just the start it needed. Then, skipper Singh (65) and Ayush Badoni (52) added unbeaten fifties to guide India to a mammoth 304/3 in 50 overs.
In reply, Sri Lanka never looked to be in the chase as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Only opener Nishan Madushka (49) and Navod Paranavithana managed to make decent contributions.
Lanka ended up getting bowled out for just 160 in 38.4 overs, giving India a sixth U-19 Asia Cup triumph. Left-arm spinner Harsh Tyagi was the pick of the bowlers for India, taking 6 for 38 from his 10 overs.
"I couldn't play today but I am very happy that my team won," India's regular captain Pavan Shah said in the company of his deputy and stand-in skipper Prabhsimran.
Man of the match Tyagi, who bowled a disciplined line said: "The instruction was to bowl at one spot after doing a video analysis of the Sri Lanka team. The wicket also assisted the spinners."
It was left-hander Jaiswal, who hit some flowing drives including a pulled six over deep mid-wicket off left-arm spinner Dushith Wellalage. For his consistency (318 runs in the tournament), Jaiswal was adjudged man-of-the-tournament.
The Lankans used five spinners -- three off-breaks and two left-arm spinners but all of them were slow through the air giving batsmen enough time to go on the back-foot. Indian batting's most entertaining part was the death overs when Badoni and Prabhsimran brutally assaulted the opposition spinners.
In an over from left-arm spinner Shashika Dulshan, Badoni hit four sixes with a couple of them landing in stands. A product of Delhi's famous Sonnet Club, his technique against spinners was impressive and like his 'senior' Rishabh Pant, he loves the slog hit over cow corner.
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