UAE stuns Sri Lanka in Under-19 Asia Cup

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Sri Lanka suffered a stunning two-wicket defeat at the hands of UAE in a Group B match of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup at Dubai yesterday.

Invited to bat first Sri Lanka scored 220-9 with Dinura Kalupahana contributing an undefeated 56 off 87 balls (2 fours) and captain Sineth Jayawardene 49 off 65 balls (3 fours, 2 sixes).

Sri Lanka at one stage were 168-7 and only a 51-run stand between Kalupahana and Vishwa Lahiru (26) got them past the 200-run mark.

UAE in their run chase was helped by a fine innings of 75 off 88 balls (4 fours, 3 sixes) from Tanish Suri and from skipper Aayan Afzal Khan (2/38 and 33).

In the other Group B match of the day, Bangladesh beat Japan by nine wickets.

Earlier in Group A, Pakistan beat India by eight wickets, and Afghanistan beat Nepal by 73 runs.

Scores: Sri Lanka (Under-19) 220-9 (50) (Pulindu Perera 24, Sineth Jayawardene 49, Rusanda Gamage 26, Dinura Kalupahana 56*, Vishwa Lahiru 26, Omid Rehman 2/48, Ayan Afzal 2/38)

UAE (U19) 224-8 (48.2) (Tanish Suri 75, Maroof Merchant 20, Ayan Afzal 33, Garuka Sanketh 3/35)

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