That's it from our coverage of match 10 in the U19 Asia Cup! Ninaad Dixit here signing off on behalf of scorer/analyst Danish Elahi. Stay tuned for more action from around the world.
Another double header awaits us in the U19 Asia Cup tomorrow as India take on UAE and Pakistan face Nepal! Do join us at 9:30 AM IST, 8 AM Local Time tomorrow for the coverage of both the encounters.
A hat-trick of wins for Afghanistan U19 sends them to the semifinals! Commiserations for Sri Lanka U19 who bow out of the tournament with losses against Bangladesh and Afghanistan. A fantastic performance from Subhan Ali, Abidullah Nadarjan and then Noor Niazi in the second innings for the Afghan side.
Viran Chamuditha (Sri Lanka U19 Captain): [on where things didn't go SL's way] "We made many mistakes and unfortunately are out of the tournament.
[on the learning curve and working on their bowling] We know our mistakes. We are looking forward to make them right and give our best."
Player of the Match: Subhan Ali
5:13 PM IST, 3:43 PM Local Time: Afghanistan U19 clinch a brilliant victory and win 3 out of 3 matches in their group campaign at the U19 Asia Cup 2026! The batters setting up the win with their biggest total of the tournament before Noor Niazi picked up 4 wickets in the powerplay to break the back of the chase.
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl first. Afghanistan posted 275 before they were cleaned up in 49.5 overs. Subhan Ali scoring 107 in 111 deliveries, Abidullah Nadarjan scoring 55 off 64. Sethmika Seneviratne picked up 3/44 in 9.5 overs for Sri Lanka.
Noor Niazi ensured Sri Lanka were off to a horrid start with 9-2-35-4. Dismissing 4 of the top 5 batters. Lithma Perera and Senuja Wekunagoda not even opening their accounts. Kithma Withanapathirana counter attacked from the other end smashing 5 boundaries in a row against Niazi's opening partner Amir Hamza.
Kithma hit 58 and was the 6th batter to be dismissed. Amir Hamza later redeemed himself with 2/42. Niazi picked up 4/35 with 2 maidens in his 9 over spell. A couple of wickets each to Mohammad Ali Barakzai (2/24) and Sohail Khan (2/42) ensured Afghanistan wrapped up the game in 34.1 overs skittling Sri Lanka for 169.