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 | |
