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MAS U19 vs SL U19, 1st Youth ODI, U19 Asia Cup 2026 summary
SL U19
91-1(13.5)
Sri Lanka U19 won by 9 wickets 🏆
MAS U19
(28.1)88-10
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P'ship : 91(80)
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That's it from our live coverage of this fixture. This is Mohammad Anab signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Rajarshi Das and Anirudh Modi, along with our scorer/analyst Dushyant Madhukar Kumar. Cheers.
Action does not stop at the U19 Men's Asia Cup as tomorrow, we have two Group A matches. In one game, Pakistan U19 will face off against Bangladesh U19 while in another game, India U19 will take on their neighbours, Nepal U19. The live coverage of both games will start at CREX at 9:30 AM IST (8 AM Local Time).
An easy win for Sri Lanka U19 as they dominated Malaysia U19 in all three departments of the game. This massive win by nine wickets, with over 36 overs to spare, will definitely give their net run rate a major boost, which will be very useful, considering that Group B is a very tough pool. Malaysia U19 need to address their batting soon if they want to make an impact in this multi-nation tournament.
Kaushika Kumarasinghe (Sri Lanka U19): "(On his bowling strategy) Actually, I followed the line that our fast-bowling coach had instructed me to bowl. During the drinks break, he asked me to bowl straight. I also tried to bowl as accurately as possible. That really helped me.
(On the conditions) We have some very good fast bowlers, and these are good wickets for pace bowling. However, we couldn't get wickets early on, as the pitch was a little tricky. The coach advised us to stick to our plans, and that helped us."
(On the conditions) We have some very good fast bowlers, and these are good wickets for pace bowling. However, we couldn't get wickets early on, as the pitch was a little tricky. The coach advised us to stick to our plans, and that helped us."
Player of the Match: Kaushika Kumarasinghe
Viran Chamuditha (Sri Lanka U19 Captain): "(Translated from Sinhala) We stuck to our plans, listened to their coach of keeping it nice and tight, and that's how the wickets started coming. Especially after the drinks break in that first innings when the bowlers had a lot of things to say."
Time for the post-match presentation ceremony.
Deeaz Patro (Malaysia U19 captain): "(Where do you think the game slipped out?) I think the second wicket fell, we had a good start, but after the second wicket fell, we lost wickets which left us in a bad position.
(Were the batters looking to score too quickly?) We just wanted to keep the momentum, of course, lot of risks were taken.
(On their openers) I think he's been good, he's been explaining how he's excited, happy for him (Aqil).
(What change in approach will we see against Afghanistan) Of course, our batting. Our bowling was okay, can't do much when there's a low target."
(Were the batters looking to score too quickly?) We just wanted to keep the momentum, of course, lot of risks were taken.
(On their openers) I think he's been good, he's been explaining how he's excited, happy for him (Aqil).
(What change in approach will we see against Afghanistan) Of course, our batting. Our bowling was okay, can't do much when there's a low target."
2:12 PM IST, 12:42 PM Local Time: Rehan Peiris finishes the game in style. He scores the first maximum of the chase and also reaches his half-century. Sri Lanka U19 win it easily by nine wickets with more than 36 overs to spare. This is the kind of early victory Sri Lanka U19 would have wanted, considering that they are placed in a very tough pool. Malaysia U19 did show intent with the ball and in the field but they need to work on their batting ahead of the next game.
Sri Lankan bowlers had done the job for their side as they only had to chase down 89 runs. Sri Lanka knew that it was an easy task but they were taken by surprise after their skipper, Viran Chamuditha, was trapped LBW by Nagineswaran Sathnakumaran for a duck in the first over.
Sri Lankan bowlers had done the job for their side as they only had to chase down 89 runs. Sri Lanka knew that it was an easy task but they were taken by surprise after their skipper, Viran Chamuditha, was trapped LBW by Nagineswaran Sathnakumaran for a duck in the first over.
However, that early jolt didn't matter much as Rehan Peiris and Senuja Wekunagoda batted cautiously and saw off the new ball. Once they got settled and the ball stopped swinging, the duo started playing their shots. They crossed the 50-run mark inside the first powerplay and made the chase look quite easy. Once the spinners came in, the pair started playing big strokes more frequently and raced to the target inside 14 overs.
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