Pakistan U-19 beaten

Published November 27, 2005

VISAKHAPATNAM (India), Nov 26: India warmed up for Sunday’s final with a fluent 147-run win over Pakistan in last round-robin match of inaugural Afro-Asian under-19 cricket tournament.

Sri Lanka defeated Zimbabwe by 55 runs at Ukku Stadium to qualify for final against India.

India ran up a good total of 281 for seven with their frontline batsmen scoring fine knocks.

Bangladesh restricted South Africa to a paltry 92 and knocked off the required runs in quick time losing two wickets.

They finished third on points table, ahead of Pakistan.

Summarised scores:

SRI LANKA 220 in 49.5 overs (Sameera Soysa 46, Sachitra Serasingha 40; Ryan Higgins 3-51) beat ZIMBABWE 165 in 47.2 overs (William Sean 48; Sechith Pathiranan 3-33).

INDIA 281-7 in 50 overs (Cheteswar Pujara 80 not out, Gaurav Dhiman 56, Piyush Chawla 45, Mayanak Tehlan 43; Jamshed Ahmed 4-54) beat PAKISTAN 134 in 34 overs (Mohammad Aamir 30).

SOUTH AFRICA 92 in 34.3 overs (Showardhi Shuva 3-6, Mehrab Hossain 3-7) lost to BANGLADESH 93-2 in 16.4 overs (Mehdi Hasan 35, Shakib al Hasan 30).

Final standings: 1. India (30 points), 2. Sri Lanka (23), 3. Bangladesh (17), 4. Pakistan (13), 5. South Africa (7), 6. Zimbabwe (0).—Agencies

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