Indian youth provide hope by winning under-19 World Cup

Spurred by an unfinished 64-run fifth wicket stand between Reetinder Sodhi he was the skipper of the under-16 World Cup-winning team and Niraj Patel, the Indians scored 180 runs for four wickets in 40.4 overs after bundling out the hosts for 178 with 11 balls to spare.

Sodhi, who was adjudged the Man of the Match, top-scored with 39 not out while Patel contributed an unbeaten 34 to help India, struggling at 116 for four after openers Manish Sharma (27) and Ravneet Ricky (18), gave them a good start yet again.

The Indian batting, which had been solid throughout, came alive in the crunch game withSharma and Ricky, who was named best batsman of the tourney, put on 53 runs for the opening wicket to lay a solid foundation as the Indians stamped their authority on the match.

Yuvraj Singh was declared player of the tournament. (PTI)

SCOREBOARD

Sri Lanka
R Peiris c Dave b Tripathi 17
I Daniels lbw Srivastav 0
J Mubarak c & b Kaif 58
S Kandamby run out 10
M Gajanayake c Ratra b Dave 6
M Pushpakumara run out 17
K Lokuarachchi b Srivastav 14
K Weeraratne run out 23
R Dhammika c Sodhi b Srivastav 6
A Ganegama run out 2
R Nissanka not out 2
Extras: (b2, lb10, w9, nb2) 23
Total: (all out in 48.1 overs) 178
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-43, 3-84, 4-100, 5-118, 6-125, 7-158, 8-171, 9-174
Bowling: Srivastav 9-2-33-3, Tripathi 9.1-1-38-1, Sodhi 10-0-26-0, Kaif 10-1-31-1, Dave 9-1-33-1, Yuvraj 1-0-5-0

India
M Sharma lbw b Dhammika 27
R Ricky b Lokuarachchi 18
M Kaif b Ganegama 18
Y Singh lbw Pushpakumara27
R Sodhi not out 39
N Patel not out 34
Extras (b4, lb4, w5, nb4) 17
Total (for 4 wickets, 40.4 overs) 180
Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-63, 3-94, 4-116
Bowling: Nissanka 5-0-25-0, Ganegama 6-1-28-1, Dhammika 9-2-28-1, Lokuarachchi 6-0-20-1, Pushpakumara 10-2-34-1, Kandamby 3-0-24-0, Weeraratne 1.4-0-13-0.