Sri Lanka EXI collapse to heavy defeat
Sri Lanka Emerging XI suffered their second defeat in the ACC Asia Emerging Cup when Pakistan Emerging XI beat Sri Lanka handsomely by 90 runs yesterday.
The architect of their win was right arm pacie Mohammad Hasnan who ended with impressive figures of 6 for 19 and was supported by Umer Khan and Khushdil Shah who together shared four wickets between them.
Pakistan Emerging XI taking first lease of the wicket made a modest score of 183 runs and Sri Lanka Emerging XI in their run chase were making steady progress and at one stage was on 89 for 3 before Hasnan ran through the late order batting to bundle them out for a paltry 93 runs.
It was a remarkable collapse that helped Pakistan maintained their unbeaten record in the tournament. Earlier Sri Lanka Emerging XI restricted Pakistan Emerging XI for 183 runs with Asitha Fernando, Amila Aponso and Kalana Perera doing the damage.
Sri Lanka–the defending champions earlier lost to Oman by four wickets.
Meanwhile host Bangladesh Emerging XI coasted to a convincing six wicket win over India Emerging XI at Savar 3 ground.
Bangladesh Emerging XI’s win came on the back of two quick-fire knocks coming from Najimul Shanto who slammed a 88 ball 94 that included 14 boundaries and two sixes, and Soumya Sarkar who cracked a 68 ball 73 with seven boundaries and three sixes.
The pair associated in a valuable second wicket partnership of 145 runs for Bangladesh Emerging XI in pursuit of 247 runs for victory to reach the target with ease in the 43rd over.
Half tons by Abdul Malik and Shahidullah helped Afghanistan Emerging XI to record a convincing nine wicket win over Oman Emerging XI to chalk up their first win of the tournament.
Malik was associated in two fruitful partnerships–84 runs with Shahidullah and an unbroken 70 runs for the second wicket with Bahir Shah enabling them to race to the target of 154 runs in the 31st over. Nepal Emerging XI too recorded their first win when they defeated Hong Kong Emerging XI by 40 runs.
The third and final round robin matches are scheduled to be played on November 18 with games of Afghanistan Emerging XI vs Sri Lanka Emerging XI at Cox’ Bazar, India Emerging XI vs Hong Kong Emerging X1 at Savar 3, Bangladesh Emerging XI vs Nepal Emerging XI at Savar 4 and Oman Emerging XI vs Pakistan Emerging XI at Cox’s Bazar.
The two semi finals are scheduled to be played on November 20 and 21 and the final is slotted to played on November 23. All these matches will be played at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.
| Results | |
| At Savar 3: Bangladesh beat India by 6 wickets India Emerging XI 246 in 50 overs (Armaan Jaffer 105, Vinayak Gupta 40, Aryan Juyal 37, Sanvir Singh 26, Hrithik. Shokeen 16: Sumon Khan 4 for 64, Tanvir Islam 2 for 38, Soumya Sarkar 2 for 53) Bangladesh Emerging XI 250 for 4 in 42.1 overs (Najimul Shanto 94, Soumya Sarkar 73, Yasir Ali 21, Afif Hossain 34 n.o.) At Cox’s Bazar: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 90 runs Pakistan Emerging XI 183 in 49.5 overs (Amad Butt 44, Rohail Nazir 37, Khushdil Shah 32, Saif Badar 16, Haider Ali 15: Asitha Fernando 3 for 28, Amila Aposno 2 for 36, Kalana Perera 2 for 45) Sri Lanka Emerging XI 93 in 30.4 overs (Pathum Nissanka 34, Hasith Boyagoda 22, Kamindu Mendis 19: Mohammad Hasnam 6 for 19, Umer Khan 2 for 4, Khushdil Shah 2 for 14) At Sheikh Kamal Stadium: Afghanistan beat Oman won by 9 wickets Oman Emerging XI 153 in 44 overs (Jatinder Singh 72, Mohamed Sanuth 17, Naseem Khushi 19 n.o.: Tariq Stanikzai 4 for 29, Abdul Wasi 2 for 30) Afghanistan Emerging XI 154 for 1 in 30.5 overs (Shahidullah 34, Abdul Malik 91 n.o., Bahir Shah 24 n.o.) At Savar 4: Nepal beat Hong Kong by 40 runs Nepal Emerging XI 217 in 50 overs (Sharad Vesawkar 89, Aarif Sheikh 42, Singh Airee 37, Binod Bhandan 15: Aizaz Khan 3 for 42, Ehsan Khan 2 for 41, Nasrulla Rana 2 for 45) Hong Kong Emerging XI 177 in 45.5 overs (Kinchit Shah 53, Haroon Ahmad 6, Ehsan Khan 44 n.o.: Kiran KC 3 for 32, Abinash Bohara 3 for 32, Sushan Bhari 2 for 38) |