Sri Lanka A defeated Bangladesh A in the opening match of Emerging Asia Cup on Thursday at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo as the hosts won the match by 48 runs.
Soumya Sarkar took 3 wickets for 52 runs in 5 overs and with bat he scored 42 runs. Batting first, Sri Lanka put 349 runs for the loss of 8 wickets, thanks to Avishka Fernando's century and Minod Bhanuka's half-century.
Avishka and Lasith Croospulle scored 51 runs in the opening partnership. Crosspulle was out for 31, Mahedi Hasan grabbed the wicket.
From there, Avishka and Minod made 125 runs in the second wicket partnership. Ripon Mondol broke the partnership Minod was dismissed for 57 runs with 4 fours and 3 sixes.
Ripon got Sahan Arachchige immediately after his 9 balls 2 but then Pasindu Sooriyabandara came to crease and accelerate their score to 257 in 40.2 overs.
Bangladesh’s most iconic player Soumya dismissed Avishka for 133 runs off 124 balls with 13 fours and 3 sixes.
After that, the Lankans got a big total of 349 runs based on the innings of Ashen Bandara's 35 and captain Dunith Wellalage's 31 runs.
With the ball, Soumya took 3 wickets for 52 runs in 5 overs, while Ripon took 3 for 71 runs in 10 overs.
