Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 2 wickets in Match 7 of ACC U19 Asia Cup 2025 on December 15
Lanka needed 8 runs in the last over to win the match
Chamika Heenatigala's (51*) was adjudged Player of the Match for his all-round show
Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 2 wickets in Match 7 of ACC U19 Asia Cup 2025 on December 15
Lanka needed 8 runs in the last over to win the match
Chamika Heenatigala's (51*) was adjudged Player of the Match for his all-round show
Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 2 wickets in a close fought encounter in Match 7 of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2025 at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai on Monday, December 15, 2025.
Afghanistan's batted first and posted a competitive 235 runs on the board. Most of the Afghan batters got starts but could not covert it into a big score. Osmat Sadat's (52) was the only milestone in Afghanistan's batting. Sethmika Seneviratne and Dulnith Sigera picked 3 wickets each for SL to restrict AFG to 235.
SL's chase saw a decent start from the openers Viran Chamuditha (62) hitting a half-century but AFG bowlers made a comeback in the middle order to pull the game in their favour. However, Chamika Heenatigala's (51*) had other plans as he stayed till the end and took Sri Lanka over the line in the last over with a four and a six. He also took 2 wickets along with his valiant half-century.
Afghanistan U19 captain Mahboob Khan won the toss and opted to bat first.
Afghanistan: Khalid Ahmadzai, Osman Sadat, Faisal Shinozada, Uzairullah Niazai, Mahboob Khan (wk & c), Azizullah Miakhil, Nooristani Omarzai, Abdul Aziz, Salam Khan Ahmadzai, Roohullah Arab, Wahidullah Zadran.
Sri Lanka: Vimath Dinsara (c), Kavija Gamage, Chamika Heenatigala, Viran Chamuditha, Dulnith Sigera, Dimantha Mahavithana, Kithma Withanapathirana, Aadham Hilmy (wk), Rasith Nimsara, Sethmika Seneviratne, Vigneshwaran Akash.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Sri Lanka U19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +4.023 |
| 2 | Bangladesh U19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.156 |
| 3 | Afghanistan U19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.156 |
| 4 | Nepal U19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -4.023 |
The Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka, ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup 2025 match will be live-streamed on the SonyLIV app and website in India. Television broadcasts will take place on the Sony Sports Network channels in the country.
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