India beat Sri Lanka in U-19 Asia Cup Final

India on Friday clinched the U-19 Asia Cup title after defeating Sri Lanka by 34 runs in the final at the R Premadasa stadium in Colombo.

India won the toss and chose to bat first. India first posted a competitive 273/8 in their 50 overs and succeeded to bowl out Sri Lanka in 239 in 48.4 overs.

Prithvi Shaw (39) and Himanshu Rana (71) shared 67-run in opening partnership.

This was India’s second win in the Asia Cup U-19 tournament. India U-19 won the title for the first time in 2013/14 by defeating Pakistan by 40 runs.