The second and last match of the 4-day match series between India A and Sri Lanka A commenced today (31) at the KSCA Stadium, Hubli.
India A skipper Priyank Panchal won the toss again and unsurprisingly, decided to bat first after their huge win in the previous game where they beat the touring team comprehensively.
After that hammering by the hosts, Sri Lanka fielded a team with three changes, leaving opener Sangeeth Cooray, national discard Akila Dananjaya and all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne on the bench and slotting in Priyamal Perera, Kamindu Mendis and Malinda Pushpakumara.
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Sri Lanka A Playing XI – Ashan Priyanjan (C), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Lahiru Kumara, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Malinda Pushpakumara, Priyamal Perera, Niroshan Dickwella (W), Vishwa Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Lakshan Sandakan
Not Playing – Sangeeth Cooray, Akila Dananjaya, Chamika Karunaratne, Asitha Fernando
India A Playing XI – P K Panchal (C), A R Easwaran, R D Chahar, J J Yadav, A A Sarvate, K S Bharat (W), Warrier, S D Lad, Ishan Porel, Shivam Dube, Anmolpreet Singh
Not Playing – Ricky Bhui, Ankit Rajpoot, Rinku Singh
Tall, burly pacer Lahiru Kumara provided the perfect start to Sri Lanka as he found the edge of the two openers, Panchal and Easwaran in his opening spell. Vishwa Fernando broke a 63-run partnership to send Siddhesh Lad back to the hut, making it 3 for 64, promising a much better platform for Sri Lanka.
Kumara broke the backbone of the Indian batting line-up, adding another 2 wickets to his account while Lakshan Sandakan wiped out the lower order with his left arm wrist spin, picking up four.
Wicket keeper batsman Srikar Bharat played an exceptional innings, hitting 14 fours and one six to add 117 runs, guiding the hosts to 269.
In reply, the Sri Lanka innings got off to a horrible start once again as this time Pathum Nissanka was caught off Sandeep Warrier’s bowling without scoring.
Sadeera Smaarawickrama, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and skipper Ashan Priyanjan, all looked busy in the middle, but ultimately failed to make an impact, each scoring less than 20.
Another national discard, Niroshan Dickwella and Priyamal Perera managed to hang around till stumps, rebuilding the Sri Lankan innings and will take guard again tomorrow morning to diminish the deficit of 182.
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Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Panchal | c Niroshan Dickwella b Lahiru Kumara | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| AR Easwaran | c Niroshan Dickwella b Lahiru Kumara | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Anmolpreet Singh | c Bhanuka Rajapaksa b Priyamal Perera | 65 | 116 | 6 | 2 | 56.03 |
| Siddhesh Lad | c Niroshan Dickwella b Vishwa Fernando | 32 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 68.09 |
| KS Bharat | c Niroshan Dickwella b Lahiru Kumara | 117 | 156 | 14 | 1 | 75.00 |
| Shivam Dube | b Lakshan Sandakan | 15 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 62.50 |
| Jayant Yadav | b Lakshan Sandakan | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
| A Sarwate | c Kamindu Mendis b Lakshan Sandakan | 10 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 32.26 |
| Rahul Chahar | c Niroshan Dickwella b Lahiru Kumara | 21 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 87.50 |
| Sandeep Warrier | lbw b Lakshan Sandakan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ishan Porel | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 8 (b 0 , lb 3 , nb 4, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 269/10 (69.1 Overs, RR: 3.89) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-0 (0.3) PK Panchal, 2-2 (0.3) AR Easwaran, 3-64 (18.5) Siddhesh Lad, 4-155 (39.1) Anmolpreet Singh, 5-184 (48.4) Shivam Dube, 6-194 (52.4) Jayant Yadav, 7-214 (60.3) A Sarwate, 8-268 (67.6) Rahul Chahar, 9-269 (68.5) Sandeep Warrier, 10-269 (69.1) KS Bharat, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahiru Kumara | 15.1 | 3 | 53 | 4 | 3.51 | |
| Vishwa Fernando | 14 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 4.00 | |
| Malinda Pushpakumara | 24 | 2 | 87 | 1 | 3.62 | |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| Lakshan Sandakan | 14 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 4.57 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathum Nissanka | c Jayant Yadav b Sandeep Warrier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | lbw b Shivam Dube | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 53.33 |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | c AR Easwaran b Sandeep Warrier | 18 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 64.29 |
| Ashan Priyanjan | c Anmolpreet Singh b Shivam Dube | 19 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 95.00 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | c Anmolpreet Singh b Ishan Porel | 39 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 92.86 |
| Priyamal Perera | c KS Bharat b Jayant Yadav | 36 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 64.29 |
| Kamindu Mendis | b A Sarwate | 68 | 105 | 11 | 0 | 64.76 |
| Malinda Pushpakumara | b Jayant Yadav | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Lakshan Sandakan | c KS Bharat b Jayant Yadav | 11 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 27.50 |
| Vishwa Fernando | b Rahul Chahar | 5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 13.89 |
| Lahiru Kumara | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 2 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 2, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 212/10 (60 Overs, RR: 3.53) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-0 (0.5) Pathum Nissanka, 2-26 (7.1) Sadeera Samarawickrama, 3-30 (8.4) Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 4-52 (13.4) Ashan Priyanjan, 5-105 (23.3) Niroshan Dickwella, 6-133 (32.2) Priyamal Perera, 7-145 (34.6) Malinda Pushpakumara, 8-185 (46.5) Lakshan Sandakan, 9-208 (58.3) Kamindu Mendis, 10-212 (59.6) Vishwa Fernando, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandeep Warrier | 13 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 2.46 | |
| Ishan Porel | 15 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 3.40 | |
| Shivam Dube | 9 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 4.89 | |
| Rahul Chahar | 7 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 5.57 | |
| A Sarwate | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5.50 | |
| Jayant Yadav | 12 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 2.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Easwaran | lbw b Vishwa Fernando | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| PK Panchal | c Niroshan Dickwella b Vishwa Fernando | 15 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 34.09 |
| Anmolpreet Singh | b Kamindu Mendis | 60 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 86.96 |
| Siddhesh Lad | lbw b Lakshan Sandakan | 58 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 76.32 |
| KS Bharat | b Malinda Pushpakumara | 60 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 107.14 |
| Shivam Dube | b Lakshan Sandakan | 19 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 67.86 |
| A Sarwate | c Niroshan Dickwella b Lakshan Sandakan | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rahul Chahar | c Niroshan Dickwella b Lahiru Kumara | 84 | 109 | 7 | 2 | 77.06 |
| Jayant Yadav | b Vishwa Fernando | 53 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 55.21 |
| Sandeep Warrier | run out (Lakshan Sandakan) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ishan Porel | not out | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Extras | 16 (b 2 , lb 5 , nb 7, w 2, pen 0) |
| Total | 372/10 (112.2 Overs, RR: 3.31) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-4 (1.2) AR Easwaran, 2-44 (14.1) PK Panchal, 3-107 (23.4) Anmolpreet Singh, 4-206 (40.6) Siddhesh Lad, 5-206 (41.2) KS Bharat, 6-207 (42.3) A Sarwate, 7-243 (50.5) Shivam Dube, 8-366 (80.1) Rahul Chahar, 9-368 (81.3) Jayant Yadav, 10-372 (82.2) Sandeep Warrier, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahiru Kumara | 16.2 | 2 | 65 | 1 | 4.01 | |
| Vishwa Fernando | 14 | 0 | 68 | 3 | 4.86 | |
| Malinda Pushpakumara | 17 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 3.53 | |
| Lakshan Sandakan | 19 | 0 | 87 | 3 | 4.58 | |
| Kamindu Mendis | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 5.14 | |
| Ashan Priyanjan | 39 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 1.26 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | c KS Bharat b Sandeep Warrier | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Pathum Nissanka | lbw b Shivam Dube | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21.74 |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | b Rahul Chahar | 110 | 112 | 17 | 3 | 98.21 |
| Ashan Priyanjan | lbw b Shivam Dube | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 35.29 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | lbw b Rahul Chahar | 18 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 46.15 |
| Priyamal Perera | lbw b Rahul Chahar | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 55.00 |
| Kamindu Mendis | b Jayant Yadav | 46 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 73.02 |
| Malinda Pushpakumara | c Siddhesh Lad b A Sarwate | 11 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 45.83 |
| Lakshan Sandakan | lbw b Rahul Chahar | 8 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 21.05 |
| Vishwa Fernando | st KS Bharat b Rahul Chahar | 32 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 76.19 |
| Lahiru Kumara | not out | 13 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 65.00 |
| Extras | 13 (b 0 , lb 4 , nb 4, w 5, pen 0) |
| Total | 277/10 (66.4 Overs, RR: 4.15) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-4 (0.6) Sadeera Samarawickrama, 2-34 (9.2) Pathum Nissanka, 3-56 (13.5) Ashan Priyanjan, 4-119 (26.6) Niroshan Dickwella, 5-143 (32.6) Priyamal Perera, 6-175 (38.5) Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 7-200 (45.2) Malinda Pushpakumara, 8-222 (54.4) Lakshan Sandakan, 9-234 (57.6) Kamindu Mendis, 10-277 (66.4) Vishwa Fernando, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandeep Warrier | 8 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 4.12 | |
| Ishan Porel | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2.20 | |
| A Sarwate | 10 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2.40 | |
| Shivam Dube | 9 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2.89 | |
| Rahul Chahar | 20.4 | 0 | 112 | 5 | 5.49 | |
| Jayant Yadav | 14 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 4.79 | |
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