ACC U19 Asia Cup Sri Lanka 2019: Sri Lanka beat Nepal by 5 wickets (D/L Method)

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The ACC U19 Asia Cup 2019 will begin tomorrow – September 06, 2019. Nepal will be facing Sri Lanka in the U19 Asia Cup 2019 opening match on Friday.

The Nepal U19 team landed in Sri Lanka for practice and training on September 02, 2019. The Nepali players have played three practice games and wrapped up their training for the upcoming big game today.

Match Update

The ACC U19 Asia Cup match between Nepal and Sri Lanka landed in favor of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka beat Nepal by 5 wickets in the D/L method.

Both the teams made an overall score of 159 runs; however, Sri Lanka gained an edge over Nepal owing to its wickets and overs margin.

Nepal (U19) have won the toss and have chosen to bat first. Nepal made a total of 159 runs with a loss of 9 wickets in 42 overs, whereas Sri Lanka made the same score with a loss of just 5 wickets in 33.4 overs. The match was reduced to 42 overs for each side.

Scorecard:

• Nepal (U19) scored 159/9 (42/42 Overs)
• Rit Gautam – 54 Out
• Rohit Kumar Paudel – 47 Out
• Surya Tamang – 2 Not Out
• Rasid Khan – 15 Not Out
• Fall of Wickets

  1 – 16(Pawan Sarraf, 4.4 ov), 2 – 24(Mahamad Asif Sheikh, 6.5 ov), 3 – 115(Rit Gautam, 29.1 ov), 4 – 135(Rohit Kumar Paudel, 34.4 ov), 5 – 137(Hari Bahadur Chauhan, 35.1 ov),  6 – 137(Bhim Sharki, 35.2 ov), 7 – 142(Kushal Malla, 37.5 ov), 8 – 149(Kamal Singh Airee, 40.1 ov), 9 – 158(Sagar Dhakal, 41.4 ov)

• Sri Lanka U-19: 159/5* ( (33.4/42 ov, target 159)
• Avishka Tharindu: 25 Not Out
• Chamindu Wijesinghe: 1 Not Out
• Fall of Wickets
  1-22 (Navod Paranavithana, 4.4 ov), 2-53 (Rashantha De Silva, 9.5 ov), 3-113 (Kamil Mishara, 20.1 ov), 4-115 (Ahan Wickramasinghe, 21.1 ov), 5-113 (ND Perera, 32.2 ov)                                             

Nepal Playing XI:
Rohit Kumar Paudel (C), Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Sagar Dhakal , Asif Sheikh, Kamal Singh Airee, Rit Gautam, Pawan Sarraf, Rasid Khan, Surya Tamang, Hari Bahadur Chauhan

SL Playing XI:
Navod Paranavithana, Kamil Mishara (WK),Ravindu De Silva, Nipun Dhananjaya (C), Ashan Wickramasinghe, Avishka Tharindu, ChamiduWijesinghe ,Rohan Sanjaya, Ashian Daniel, Dilshan Madushanka, Amshi De Silva

ACC U19 Asia Cup Sri Lanka 2019

The Nepal team says it is positive about winning its first match against Sri Lanka!

Nepal ACC U19 Asia Cup Sri Lanka 2019 Match Schedule/Fixtures:

• Nepal Vs Sri Lanka: September 06, 2019 (09:15 AM NPT)
• Nepal Vs Bangladesh: September 08, 2019 (09:15 AM NPT)
• Nepal Vs UAE: September 10, 2019 (09:15 AM NPT)
• Nepal Vs Hong Kong: October 06, 2019 (15:15 PM NPT)
• Nepal Vs Netherlands: October 07, 2019 (11:15 AM NPT)
• Nepal Vs Ireland October 09, 2019 (15:15 PM NPT)
• Nepal Vs Oman October 10, 2019 (15:15 PM NPT)

2019 ACC U19 Asia Cup (5th – 14th Sep) Fixtures