With plenty of rain around ahead of the 3rd Youth ODI against Bangladesh, the Sri Lanka U19s won the toss and elected to field first at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Saturday.
Gritty Navod Paranavithana shines on opening day
A tame opening day of the 2nd U19 Test saw Sri Lanka U19s reach 219/9 in 90 overs against the visiting Bangladeshis at the FTZ…
The game was already reduced to a 45 over affair before the rain intervened once again with Bangladesh 26.4 overs into their innings.
The visitors were setting themselves up for a formidable score reaching 114/3 but rain meant that the Sri Lanka U19s were given a revised target of 161 to win in 25 overs.
Right arm quick from St. Joseph’s College, Lakshan Gamage was impressive for the hosts, capturing 2/14, while Tanzid Thamim top scored with 38 for the Bangladeshis.
Sri Lanka, who had a couple of poor shows with the bat in the series, came out all guns blazing with Mahindian Navod Paranavithana continuing from where he left off in the previous game. The stylish left hander hailing from the south, went on to hit a quick-fire 62 following his 83 in the 2nd Youth ODI.
>>Photos: Sri Lanka U19 vs Bangladesh U19 | 1st Youth ODI<<
His knock helped Sri Lanka U19s reach the target in just 16.4 overs to square the series at 1-1.
Ravindu Rashantha(32*) and Nipun Dananjaya(38*) made sure there were no further hiccups after the dismissal of Paranavithana, as Sri Lanka U19s batting finally came good in the crunch game.
Bangladesh U19 – 114/3 (26.4): Tanzid Hassan Thamim 38, Mahmudul Hssan Joy 25*, Tawhid Hridoy 20, Lakshan Gamage 2/14
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Sri Lanka U19 161/2 (16.4): Navod Paranavithana 62, Nipun Dananjaya 38*, Ravindu Rashantha 32*, Kamil Mishara 26Revised target – 161(25)
Full Scorecard
Ban U19
114/3
(26.4 overs)
Result
Sri Lanka U19
161/2
(13.4 overs)
Ban U19’s Innings
| Batting | R | B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzid Hasan | c & b L Gamage | 38 | 36 | |||
| Pritom Kumar | c R de Silva b L Gamage | 8 | 35 | |||
| Towhid Hridoy | lbw by R de Silva | 20 | 38 | |||
| Hassan Joy | not out | 25 | 39 | |||
| Shamim Hossain | not out | 5 | 12 | |||
Extras
18 (b 4, w 14)
Total
114/3 (26.4 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-57 (Tanzid Hasan, 10.4 ov), 2-60 (Pritom Kumar, 12.2 ov), 3-105 (Towhid Hridoy, 23.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamindu Wijesinghe | 5 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 8.40 |
| Ashan Daniel | 6.4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Lakshan Gamage | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3.50 |
| Raveen de Silva | 8 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 3.13 |
| Rohan Sanjaya | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 |
Sri Lanka U19’s Innings
| Batting | R | B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navod Paranavithana | st A Ali b S Hossain | 62 | 39 | |||
| Kamil Mishara | c T Hridoy b A Galib | 26 | 12 | |||
| Nipun Dananjaya | not out | 38 | 15 | |||
Extras
3 (w 3)
Total
161/2 (13.4 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-66 (ND Paranavithana, 5.5 ov), 2-115 (ND Paranavithana, 12.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoriful Islam | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 13.00 |
| Mittunjoy Chowdhury | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 11.67 |
| Shamim Hossain | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 7.33 |
| Asadullah Galib | 3.4 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 10.88 |
| Rakibul Hasan | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 |