Bloemfontein: Riding on the knocks of skipper Priyam Garg (56), opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (59) and wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel (52 not out), defending champions India beat Sri Lanka by 90 runs in the opening encounter of the ICC U-19 World Cup here on Sunday.
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They beat Sri Lanka by 9️⃣0️⃣ runs.#U19CWC | #INDvSL | #FutureStars pic.twitter.com/rRYmarcRqKIndia start with a win!
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Batting first India scored 297 for four and then bowled out Sri Lanka for 207 with spinners Siddhesh Veer and Ravi Bishnoi getting two wickets apiece.
Chasing 298, Sri Lanka lost its first wicket in the fourth over as Navod Paranavithana was sent back to the pavilion by Sushant Mishra.
Ravindu Rasantha and Kamil Mishara retrieved the innings for Sri Lanka as the duo put on 87 runs for the second wicket, but as soon as they started gaining an upper hand, India came back as Yashasvi Jaiswal dismissed Rasantha (49), reducing Sri Lanka to 106/2.
Siddhesh Veer then got among the wicket-taking charts and went on to dismiss Mishara (39), pegging Sri Lanka back.
Sri Lanka's batsmen played cameos, but the side struggled in increasing their tempo, and the team had to face a defeat by 90 runs.
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🤝 India putting the squeeze on against Sri Lanka!#U19CWC | #INDvSL | #FutureStars pic.twitter.com/xZTbhS9AW5
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Earlier, Openers Jaiswal and Divyaansh Saxena put on 66 runs for the first wicket. Sri Lanka got the breakthrough in the 12th over as Dilshan Madushanka sent Saxena (23) back to the pavilion. Soon after, Jaiswal (59) also was dismissed and India was reduced to 112/2 in the 22nd over.
Tilak Varma and Priyam Garg then retrieved the innings for the side and took the side's total past the 170-run mark.
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News from the toss in Bloemfontein.
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Sri Lanka have won the toss and will bowl first!#INDvSL | #U19CWC | #FutureStars pic.twitter.com/WtugqoQftSNews from the toss in Bloemfontein.
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Garg scored a half-century while Varma fell just four runs short off the mark. In the end, Dhruv Jurel and Siddhesh Veer's unbeaten stand of 63 runs took India's total past the 295-run mark.
Jurel and Veer remained unbeaten on 52 and 44 respectively.
India will next take on Japan on January 21.
