The Indian U19 side opened up its World Cup 2020 campaign against the Sri Lankan side at the Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein. Sri Lanka captain Nipun Dananjaya won the toss and chose to bowl first.

India had a decent start as Divyaansh Saxena (23) put on 69 runs with Yashasvi Jaiswal, who made 59 with 8 fours. Tilak Varma (46) and Priyam Garg (56) kept the runs going until Dhruv Jurel (52*) and Siddhesh Veer (44* in 27 balls) took the final total to 297/4. Sri Lankan bowlers shared the wickets with four of them picking one each.

In reply, only Ravindu Rasantha (49) and captain Nipun (50), along with Kamil Mishara (39) were able to put some resistance in front of an impressive Indian bowling attack. But the team could only muster 207 runs in 45.2 overs and lost the match by 90 runs.

Ravi Bishnoi (2/44), Siddhesh Veer (2/34) and Akash Singh (2/29) were the picks of the bowlers.

India U19 will next play Japan U19 on January 21, 2020, at the same venue.

BRIEF SCORES:
IND-U19 297/4 (Y JAISWAL 59, P GARG 56; A DANIEL 1/39) defeated SL-U19 207 (N DANANJAYA 50; A Singh 2/29) by 90 runs