Ind A vs SL A Tri Series: Sri Lanka-A defeated India-A in the super over match. In the fourth match of the tri-series in the Sri Lanka tour, this match played between the two teams at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla was very interesting. In the match, the Indian team had given a target of 265 runs to Sri Lanka. Chasing this, the Sri Lankan team could score only 264 runs for 9 wickets and the match went into the super over.

crushing defeat in super over

In the Super Over, Sri Lanka A gave India A a target of 19 runs to win, but India could score only 10 runs and India A had to face defeat. Team India had defeated Sri Lanka-A by 8 runs in its first match. Then in the match against Afghanistan-A which was interrupted due to rain, it lost by 4 runs as per the rules of DLS and now after this defeat against Sri Lankan team, India-A’s path to the final is now looking difficult.

Great start for Sri Lanka

Chasing 265 runs, the pair of Avishka Fernando and Niroshan Dickwella gave a good start to Sri Lanka A. Nishant Sindhu gave India the first success in the form of Avishka Fernando (22 runs). After that Vishen Halambage (17 runs) was sent back by Ayush Badoni. Dickwella (37 runs) was batting well for Sri Lanka, but Vipraj Nigam trapped him in his spin. In this way, Sri Lanka A’s score reached 143 for five wickets.

Samarawickrama missed a century

In this difficult situation for the Sri Lankan team, Vanuj Sahan and Sadira Samarawickrama took charge of the team and made a brilliant partnership of 51 runs for the sixth wicket. Ayush Badoni broke this partnership and sent Sahan back on the score of 25 runs. Thanks to Sadira Samarawickrama’s 93 runs, Sri Lankan team reached 264 runs. The Sri Lankan team ultimately needed two runs on the ball, but while completing the second run, Gunasekara was run out and the match went into the super over.