IND A vs SL A: India A defeated Sri Lanka A by 66 runs in the final of the Tri-Nation Series, securing the title. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was the hero of India’s victory and the final match (IND A vs SL A) played between India-A and Sri Lanka-A was a one-sided affair. India-A, batting first, scored 377 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, Sri Lanka-A could only score 311 runs. Sooryavanshi played a stormy inning of 94 runs in just 29 balls. Yash Thakur and Vipraj Nigam took 3 wickets each in the bowling department.
Sooryavanshi scored 94 runs off 29 balls
For India, Priyansh Arya and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi shared an opening partnership of 132 runs in 8.5 overs. Priyansh Arya scored 39 runs off 29 balls, hitting six fours and a six. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 94 runs off 29 balls, hitting 10 fours and eight sixes. Ruturaj Gaikwad contributed 40 runs.
Captain Tilak Verma also scored a half-century. Tilak scored 67 runs off 90 balls, hitting four fours and a six. Kumar Kushagra scored 36, Suryansh Shedge 2, Nishant Sindhu 16, and Vipraj Nigam 27. Ankul Roy finally played a blistering innings of 39 runs off just 15 balls. Thus, India A posted a mammoth total of 377 runs.
Sri Lanka lost by 66 runs
In reply, Sri Lanka could manage 311 runs in 47.1 overs. Niroshan Dickwella (25), Avishka Fernando (03), Nuwandu Fernando (21), Sadeera Samarawickrama (52), Sahan Arachinge (38), Ravindu Fernando (19), Vijayakanth Vyaskanth (39), Mohamed Shiraz (21), and Dulaj Samudhitha (15) were all dismissed. The Sri Lankan team couldn’t even complete its full 50 overs in the face of India’s mammoth total.
Yash Thakur took three wickets for 45 runs in seven overs for India. Ashok Sharma shelled out 75 runs in nine overs and took one wicket. Vipraj Nigam dismissed three Sri Lankan players for 60 runs in 9.1 overs. Ankul Roy took two wickets for 42 runs in nine overs. Tilak Verma also took one wicket.
Brief Scores:
India A- 377/9 in 50 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 94, Tilak Varma 67, Anukul Roy 39; Wanuja Sahan 2-39) beat Sri Lanka A- 311 in 47.1 overs (Wanuja Sahan 62, Sadeera Samarawickrama 52; Yash Thakur 3-45, Vipraj Nigam 3-60, Anukul Roy 2-42) by 66 runs
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