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By K.R. Nayar  Sri Lanka displayed their batting might through centuries from Sadisha Rajapaksa and Chamindu Wickramasinghe to post a huge total of 322 for 4 in 50 overs. Nepal chased the target valiantly and scored 262 runs in 47.5 overs. Sri Lanka won by 60 runs in this high scoring encounter on the fourth day of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.   Sri Lanka’s opener Wickramasinghe cracked 111 off 126 balls with eight boundaries and two sixes while one-down batsman Rajapaksa scored 131 off 119 balls with 11 boundaries and two sixes. Nepal chased through Arjun Saud, who top scored with 64 runs. Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana and leg spinner Raveen De Silva restricted Nepal’s innings with three wickets each. Sri Lanka elected to bat after winning the toss. Openers Wickramasinghe and Shevon Daniel put on 39 runs in 10.1 overs before Daniel got caught and bowled by Nepal skipper Dev Khanal for 17. Rajapaksa joined Wickramasinghe and stead...

By K.R. Nayar Pakistan registered a last ball thrilling two-wicket win over defending champions India while Afghanistan destroyed host UAE’s batting for a 140 runs victory at the ICC Cricket grounds.  Bangladesh recorded a mammoth 227 runs win over Kuwait at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on the third day of the ninth edition of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup.   Pakistan stop India through a last-ball thriller  Pakistan produced a last-ball victory over defending champions India through a nail-biting thriller at the ICC Academy Ground 2. Chasing India’s total of 237, Pakistan needed eight runs off the last over. Ahmed Khan (29n.o) smashed the last ball of the final over for a boundary to record a two-wicket win.  Muhammad Shahzad orchestrated Pakistan’s chase towards the challenging target through a brilliant 81 off 105 balls studded with four boundaries and five sixes. Though the match swung like a pendulum, with Pakistan losing wickets at regular intervals, th...

By K.R. Nayar Riding on Prantik Nawrose’s elegant century, Bangladesh recorded a 154 runs victory over Nepal on the second day of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Playing in Bangladesh’s first match of the ninth edition of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, Nawrose displayed immense patience picking the right deliveries to hit. His century helped Bangladesh post a commanding 297 for 4 in 50 overs, well backed by Md Fahim with 54 runs. Nepal could record only 143 in 42.3 overs. Nawrose had carried the confidence from his century against the India Under 19 team in the Under-19 Tri-nation series in Kolkata on December 1, 2021. He had played a knock of 101 and ensured Bangladesh a 113-runs win over India Under-19 in Kolkata.  Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat on a bald wicket where the grass had been shaved off. Openers Mahfijul Islam and Iftakher Hossain gave Bangladesh a steady start. Though the Nepal bowlers could not get a breakthrough, they bowled t...

By K.R. Nayar India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka got off to a winning start on the first day of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup matches held at the ICC Academy ground and Sharjah Cricket Stadium. India outplayed hosts UAE by 154 runs while Pakistan won over Afghanistan by four wickets through a well-fought match at the ICC Academy grounds. Sri Lanka registered an emphatic 274 runs over Kuwait at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Harnoor Singh's century guides India to victory over hosts UAE   Opener Harnoor Singh cracked a century and guided India to a formidable total and outplay hosts UAE by 154 runs at the ICC Academy ground 1. Singh carried his form from the recent Triangular Series in India where he had scored 111 against Bangladesh in Kolkata last month. On the opening day of the ninth edition of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, Singh cracked 120 off 130 deliveries studded with 11 boundaries to help India post 282 for 5 in 50 overs. UAE could muster only 128 runs before the tight Indian bow...

By K.R. Nayar UAE Under-19 team skipper Alishan Sharafu has been consistently recording huge scores in the recent past, which is becoming more of a second nature for him. In fact, he has been doing this from a very young age in UAE’s domestic cricket and has earned many awards. Most of his knocks have been breezy ones. This youngster idolises the South African legend AB De Villiers. Alishan Sharafu displays the bat with which he played his whirlwind knock It is this consistency in his performance that got him the honour of being named the skipper of the host team for the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup to be held from December 23 to 31. Speaking to the krbuzz.blogspot.com, Sharafu said: “It’s truly a great honour to lead the UAE and I feel blessed to have been given this responsibility. I would like to do everything I can to take my team over the line.” Incidentally, there is a reason behind his positivity in being able to carry the team over the line.  He adores In...