XtraTime Web Desk: India U-19 team in advantage in the second test against Sri Lanka as India reduced Sri Lanka for 316 in their first innings and then they reduced 47 for 3 at the stumps.
Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun, who attracted a lot of attention during the short series, picked up the wicket of opener Kamil Mishara with his left-arm pace bowling on the third evening. This was Tendulkar junior’s debut series at the international arena.
Left-arm medium pacer Mohit Jangra (4/76) was the pick of the bowlers while Yatin Mangwani (2/30), Ayush Badoni (2/39) and Siddharth Desai (2/84) scalped two wickets each to wrap up the hosts for 316 in 114.3 overs.
U-19 debutant Siddharth Desai was super impressive as his left-arm spin got him four wickets on the final day and India completed a 2-0 clean sweep in Sri Lanka.
Desai’s figures read 4/40 in the 20 overs he bowled at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium.
Beginning the final day on a precarious 47 for three, the Sri Lankans kept losing wickets frequently to be bowled out for 150 in their second innings, with Desai adding to his two wickets in the home team’s first innings.
There were two wickets apiece for Yatin Mangwani and Ayush Badoni, too.
While the Lankans conceded a 297-run lead to the Indians after being bowled out for 316 in their first innings, the abject surrender in the second essay made it look worse for the beleaguered hosts.
Earlier, on the second day of the ‘Youth Test’, Maharashtra batsman Pawan Shah smashed 282, the second highest individual score in U-19 internationals, along with six consecutive boundaries in an over.
The Indian innings was declared when Shah, an 18-year-old right-hander from Pune, was dismissed after missing out on a triple hundred by just 18 runs. His 282 came off 332 balls with 33 boundaries and a six in just under seven hours.
The highlight of his knock was six consecutive boundaries off left-arm seamer Vichithra Perera in the 108th over of the innings. The first boundary got him to his double hundred.