Vimath scores vital century as SL Under 19s remain unbeaten

A century by former St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa batsman Vimath Dinsara stood in good stead for Sri Lanka Under 19s as the youth team pulled off a stunning seven runs victory to complete the group stage unbeaten at the Under 19 Asia Cup in UAE.

Sri Lanka Under 19s were in trouble after electing to bat first in Dubai. They were two wickets down for 15 runs when Dinsara dropped anchor with his valuable knock. He saw wickets falling at regular intervals from the other end but managed to bat through to the final over for Sri Lanka to post 228 runs.

He was the last man out after having scored ten boundaries.

Dinsara was in line to take up the first XI captaincy at St. Sebastian’s but moved to Royal College Colombo just before the start of the season.

With Dinsara there are two Royal players in the Sri Laka Under 19 team.

In their essay Bangladesh were in control for a better part of their chase but some crucial run outs and skipper Vihas Thewmika’s vital three wicket haul helped Sri Lanka Under 19 pull off victory.

Scores

Sri Lanka

U19s 228 all out in 49.2 overs (Vimath Dinsara 106, Lakvin Abeysinghe 21, Viran Chamuditha 20, Vihas Thewmika 22; AL Fahad 4/50, Rizan Hossan 3/40)

Bangladesh

U19s 221 all out in 49.3 overs (Zawad Abrar 24, Kalam Siddik 95, Debasish Deba 31; Vihas Thewmika 3/37)