India A won the final of the tri-series. (Photo- PTI)
India A vs Sri Lanka A: The final match of the ODI tri-series played in Sri Lanka was won by India A team. The Indian team, captained by Tilak Verma, defeated Sri Lanka in a one-sided fashion in the final. Afghanistan’s A team was also a part of this series. In the final match played in Dambulla, India A team performed brilliantly and captured the title. The explosive innings of 15 year old young batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi was the biggest turning point of the match.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi played match winning innings
In the final match, India A, batting first, scored a huge score of 377 runs after losing 9 wickets in 50 overs. During this, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 94 runs in just 29 balls, which included 10 fours and 8 sixes. His strike rate was more than 324. Whereas, Priyansh Arya scored 39 runs. Apart from this, Tilak Verma played a useful inning of 67 runs. Then Anukul Roy scored 39 runs in 15 balls in the last overs and took the score to 377.
At the same time, Sri Lanka A’s bowling proved to be very expensive. However, Vanujaa Sahan, Kugathas Mathulan and Ravindu Fernando took 2 wickets each. But the rest of the bowlers completely failed to leave their mark. Indian batsmen took advantage of this well.
Bowlers took India to victory
Sri Lanka A team, which set out to chase the target, did not have a special start. Then in the middle overs, Sri Lanka tried to make a comeback, but under the pressure of the Indian bowlers, they could score only 311 runs in 47.1 overs and the team was all out. During this, Vanuja Sahan scored the maximum 62 runs. Whereas Sadera Samarawickrama scored 52 runs. Vijayakanth Viakanth scored 39 runs and captain Sahan Arachchige scored 38 runs. But no one could convert their innings into big scores.
On the other hand, Yash Thakur and Vipraj Nigam bowled brilliantly for India. Both the bowlers took 3-3 wickets. Anukul Roy also had 2 wickets in his name. At the same time, Ashok Sharma and Tilak Verma also managed to achieve 1 success each.
