Seneviratne five-for blows Nepal away as Sri Lanka romp home with huge win
Sri Lanka completed the 83 chase with 35.1 overs to spare after Seneviratne's 5 for 25
ESPNcricinfo staff
13-Dec-2025 • 11 hrs ago
Sethmika Seneviratne was the Player of the Match for bagging 5 for 25 • CREIMAS/ACC
Sri Lanka U-19s 84 for 2 (Mahavithana 39*, Gamage 24*, Mandal 1-16) beat Nepal U-19s 82 (Shrestha 18, Seneviratne 5-25, Sigera 1-3) by eight wickets
It was a run-out that started it all after Sri Lanka Under-19s captain Vimath Dinsara asked Nepal Under-19s to bat first in their Group B game at the Under-19s Asia Cup. Nepal were steady at 30 without loss, but come the eighth over, Dinsara combined with wicketkeeper Aadham Hilmy to run Niraj Kumar Yadav out for 10. That started a slide, and Nepal never recovered thereafter.
Sethmika Seneviratne had Sahil Patel caught for 12 in the ninth over, bowled Vansh Chhetri for a duck in the 11th, and then had Dilsad Ali caught without scoring in the 13th. Sri Lanka reduced Nepal to 37 for 4, with the four wickets gone for the addition of just seven runs within six overs.
At that stage, Nepal's captain Ashok Dhami joined Cibrin Shrestha. Just when they looked set to help Nepal find a way back, Rasith Nimsara broke the 24-run stand by having Dhami caught behind for 9 to start the 21st over. Soon, 61 for 4 became 82 all out. Vigneshwaran Akash struck next to dismiss Shrestha for 18, which was Nepal's highest score.
No Nepal batter after Shreshta even got into double figures, while Seneviratne got two lower-order batters to complete his five-for. Seneviratne finished with 5 for 25, and left Sri Lanka's batters with little to do.
Although Nepal had Sri Lanka at 25 for 2 in the 83 chase, that only seemed like consolation. Dimantha Mahavithana (39*) and Kavija Gamage (24*) wiped Nepal out with an unbroken stand of 59, as Sri Lanka won with eight wickets and a massive 35.1 overs to spare.