The Sri Lanka baseball outfit finally found their winning rhythm back, but at the time, the horse was already out of the barn. Sri Lanka finished their campaign of the BFA XVI West Asia Baseball Cup 2025, at the Karaj Complex Stadium in Iran with an 18 – 00 thumping victory over Bangladesh. But their surprising 3 – 2 loss to India prevented their progress towards the final.
In the placement stage matches Sri Lankan outfit faced Bangladesh, and the Lankans took a 2 – 0 lead after the very first inning. During the second inning, pitchers from both teams did a good job, as the batters didn’t trouble the scorers.
Sri Lankan strikers managed to score 4, 6, and 6 runs respectively in 3rd, 4th and 5th innings to make the game out of the reach of the archrivals. Sri Lankan pitchers were exceptional throughout the game as they never conceded a single run to the opposition team. Hence the game was stopped due to the 16 – 00 mammoth lead. But Sri Lanka, who were the back-to-back champions and the 2nd runner-up of the previous three editions, had to be satisfied with the 5th position finish.
Chintaka Indunil and Himsara Randeni jointly were the top scorers for Sri Lanka with three runs, while Amila Pushpakumara, Gayathra Amasara and Hemantha Pushpasiri scored twice. Further, Malaka Priyadarshana, Hasiru Malith Perera, Naveen Anuradha, Gayan Tharindu, Ranjan Kumara and Thushara Madhusanka chipped in with one run apiece.
Brief Scorecard
| Team/Inning | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Runs | Hits | Errors |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
In the semifinals, Palestine comfortably beat Iran with a 17 – 03 score margin, while Pakistan triumphed over their archrivals India with a score of 14 – 01.
In the wooden-spoon game, Bangladesh thrashed Afghanistan with a 21 – 00 victory.
In the finals the score was 4 all after 9 innings, and Palestine managed to score the winning run in the additional 10th inning to clinch their maiden title.
