Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Tilak collects the trophy from Sri Lanka's Chair of Selectors. The team heads to the Champions tag as the sun sets, presenting a beautiful view from above. The support staff joins later. Sooryavanshi steps up in a final again after helping win the Under-19 team the World Cup. Lots more to come you'd think. For now, it's goodbye from me, Ekanth, Shashank Kishore, our scorer Sanjaya Jayasinghe, and everyone here from the Cricinfo team.

Tilak Varma, India A captain: Everyone showed real character. Especially after we lost back-to-back games. Then we won with big margins which was tremendous. Everyone has played domestic cricket and has experience. Just a matter of planning before the game. We start big, consolidate and accelerate. Slightly disappointed with the bowling but it happens in one-off series. We have a good side.

Sahan Arachchige, Sri Lanka A captain: Sooryavanshi played a brilliant innings. We managed the innings nicely thereon but let it slide in the last two overs. When we are chasing a big score, top order can fall cheaply. It happens. Young guys have played well, seniors have scored too. It's been a good tournament.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, POTM: I hadn't thought of anything. Just wanted to execute what I planned in the first ten and take it forward from there. No pressure. I wasn't executing what I wanted. But after consulting with the coaches, he got it right. Learnt a lot this series, but I've played a lot of 50-over cricket. Not sure people know about it. The challenge was to adapt to different conditions, it was nice to take it on.

Swaroop: "Sri Lanka would be ruing dropping Roy in the 49th over and subsequently conceding 39 runs in the last two overs.Take away that and they pretty much had this game. I hope Roy gets the MoM award and not Sooryavanshi because that and his 2 wickets and a catch was probably the difference in the game " Still think Sooryavanshi's innings had an outsized impact. He helped get 132 runs in nine overs... That was at least 70 too many

Agastya: "Motm Roy or VS ?" Celine asks the same. Has to be Vaibhav

6:04pm: India A are content as Tilak leads them back off the field. The win was set up in the morning, by Sooryavanshi. The early attack was common in both innings. Yash Thakur took out SL A's top three in the first ten. The middle-overs fightback from the visitors was c

ommon too. Samarawickrama made a fifty. The wickets came against the run of play. Tilak getting Arachchige was crucial. Viyaskanth and Wanuja added 77. Seven batters from No. 3 made 19 or more. It stretched the innings close to the finish but couldn't take the hosts close.

47.1
W
Nigam to Shiraz, OUT, Diving catch wins the series for India A. Teaser of a ball. Lobbed around a back of length outside off. Shiraz was on the back foot, got square-on and reached out to try and pull it across. Top edged it to backward point

M Shiraz c Roy b Nigam 21 (33b 2x4 0x6) SR: 63.63

END OF OVER:
47 | 3 Runs | SL-A: 311/9 (67 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.61, RRR: 22.33)

  • Kugathas Mathulan0 (3b)
  • Mohamed Shiraz21 (32b)
  • Anukul Roy9-0-42-2
  • Vipraj Nigam9-0-60-2
46.6
0
Roy to Mathulan, no run, Full on leg, flicked to midwicket
46.5
1
Roy to Shiraz, 1 run, Goes back and works it to long-on
46.4
2
Roy to Shiraz, 2 runs, Mistimed and aerial... safe! In the outfield between long-off and long-on. Full and wide outside off, swiped across off the bottom of the bat
46.3
0
Roy to Shiraz, no run, Length outside off, punched to cover
46.2
0
Roy to Shiraz, no run, Length on leg, punched to the bowler
46.1
0
Roy to Shiraz, no run, Looks to pull it out of the ground, gets it on the bounce to deep square leg

END OF OVER:
46 | 5 Runs | SL-A: 308/9 (70 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 6.69, RRR: 17.50)

  • Kugathas Mathulan0 (2b)
  • Mohamed Shiraz18 (27b)
  • Vipraj Nigam9-0-60-2
  • Anukul Roy8-0-39-2

Gaurav : "Roy's batting and bowling made all the difference "

45.6
0
Nigam to Mathulan, no run, Back of length on off, defended to the bowler
45.5
1
Nigam to Shiraz, 1 run, Full on leg, leading edge off a soft flick goes to point

Swami: "At the end of the 44th over, India were also at the same score, but only with two wickets more in hand. Will the Sri Lanka's lads keep their nerves till the end?"

45.4
0
Nigam to Shiraz, no run, Touch fuller and straighter. Shiraz does the same thing, was in two minds for a bit though
45.3
0
Nigam to Shiraz, no run, Length outside off, pushed off the back foot. With the spin to point
45.2
4
Nigam to Shiraz, FOUR, Shortish on the hips, helped along with a pull behind square. One legged too
45.1
0
Nigam to Shiraz, no run, Big swipe and a miss. Looked to slog the ball over midwicket, almost a midwicket drive. Misses completely

END OF OVER:
45 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SL-A: 303/9 (75 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 6.73, RRR: 15.00)

  • Kugathas Mathulan0 (1b)
  • Mohamed Shiraz13 (22b)
  • Anukul Roy8-0-39-2
  • Vipraj Nigam8-0-55-2
44.6
0
Roy to Mathulan, no run, Length outside off, beats the block aimed at cover

One ball for the No. 11 to survive

44.5
W
Roy to Samuditha, OUT, Top-edged sweep carries to the keeper this time. Full ball outside off, looked to drag it across with a slog sweep. Balloons to short fine leg. Two sixes and out for Samuditha

D Samuditha c Nigam b Roy 15 (11b 0x4 2x6) SR: 136.36

Sri Lanka A 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st28N DickwellaWIA Fernando
2nd5N DickwellaMNK Fernando
3rd42S SamarawickramaMNK Fernando
4th53S SamarawickramaSSD Arachchige
5th21SSD ArachchigeRS Fernando
6th28SSD ArachchigeW Sahan
7th77V ViyaskanthW Sahan
8th30M ShirazW Sahan
9th19M ShirazD Samuditha
10th8M ShirazK Mathulan