Sri Lanka U19 registered a thrilling 3-wicket win over Pakistan U19 in the fourth Youth ODI today (29th October) at Karachi to level the 5-match series, 2-2.
Sri Lanka Skipper Sineth Jayawardene won the toss and invited the hosts to take the first lease of the wicket.
Sri Lanka started off brilliantly as off-spinner Vihas Thewmika castled the hosts’ opening batter Shamyl Hussain for 11 runs. However, the opening batter Shahzaib Khan and No. 3 batter Saad Baig rescued Pakistan’s innings, building a century stand for the 2nd wicket.
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Sri Lanka managed to make a grand comeback in the middle phase of the innings, as leg-spinner Malsha Tharupathi ripped through the Pakistan batting lineup taking 4 wickets for 17 runs.
After being 1 for 113 at one stage, the hosts faced a major collapse in the middle to lose 9 wickets for just 73 runs.
In reply, Sri Lanka also faced a setback at the start of their innings, losing 4 wickets for 42 runs. Rusanda Gamage and Dinura Kalupahana revived the visitors innings, adding an 84-run stand for the 5th wicket.
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Kalupahana top scored for the visitors with a match winning knock of 61 runs off 77 balls with 5 fours and a six, helping his side get over the line in the 40th over with 3 wickets in hand.
The fifth and final ODI of the series will be played on the 31st of October at the same venue.
Result
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Shamyl Hussain
b Vihas Thewmika
11
26
1
0
42.31
Shahzaib Khan
c Vishen Halambage b Ruvishan Perera
80
153
4
3
52.29
Saad Baig
c Malsha Tharupathi b Dinura Kalupahana
45
85
3
0
52.94
Riazullah Khan
retired
14
45
0
0
31.11
Haroon Arshad
c Vishen Halambage b Ruvishan Perera
3
11
0
0
27.27
Arafat Minhas
c Dinura Kalupahana b Malsha Tharupathi
2
8
0
0
25.00
Naveed Ahmed Khan
c Ravindu De Silva b Malsha Tharupathi
5
21
0
0
23.81
Ahmed Hussain
c Sharujan Shanmuganathan b Vishen Halambage
1
10
0
0
10.00
Mohammad Ibtisam
not out
18
16
1
1
112.50
Ubaid Shah
b Malsha Tharupathi
0
1
0
0
0.00
Aftab Ahmed
c Vishen Halambage b Malsha Tharupathi
0
5
0
0
0.00
Extras
7 (b 0 , lb 1 , nb 0, w 6, pen 0)
Total
186/10 (43.1 Overs, RR: 4.31)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Vihas Thewmika
7
1
22
1
3.14
Dinura Kalupahana
7
0
26
1
3.71
Ravindu De Silva
5
0
19
0
3.80
Sineth Jayawardena
5
0
31
0
6.20
Ruvishan Perera
7
0
34
2
4.86
Vishwa Lahiru
3
0
20
0
6.67
Malsha Tharupathi
6.1
0
17
4
2.79
Vishen Halambage
3
0
16
1
5.33
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Pulindu Perera
b Ubaid Shah
14
15
3
0
93.33
Vishen Halambage
c Shahzaib Khan b Aftab Ahmed
6
19
1
0
31.58
Sineth Jayawardena
c Mohammad Ibtisam b Aftab Ahmed
13
32
2
0
40.62
Ravishan Nethsara
b Ubaid Shah
0
15
0
0
0.00
Rusanda Gamage
c Haroon Arshad b Naveed Ahmed Khan
46
99
2
0
46.46
Dinura Kalupahana
c Naveed Ahmed Khan b Ahmed Hussain
61
109
5
1
55.96
Sharujan Shanmuganathan
c Mohammad Tayyab Arif b Aftab Ahmed
17
43
0
1
39.53
Malsha Tharupathi
not out
20
26
0
3
76.92
Vihas Thewmika
not out
1
5
0
0
20.00
Extras
11 (b 0 , lb 6 , nb 0, w 5, pen 0)
Total
189/7 (40.4 Overs, RR: 4.65)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Ubaid Shah
10
0
41
2
4.10
Aftab Ahmed
6
1
23
3
3.83
Arafat Minhas
5.4
0
30
0
5.56
Mohammad Ibtisam
5
0
24
0
4.80
Naveed Ahmed Khan
7
0
25
1
3.57
Ahmed Hussain
7
1
40
1
5.71
