India’s Under-19 team has performed brilliantly. In the semi-final match of Asia Cup 2025 played between India and Sri Lanka Under-19 team, the Indian team defeated Sri Lanka by eight wickets. With this, the Indian team has once again made it to the finals of the tournament. Now all eyes are on the final match to be held on December 21. Let us tell you that India will face Pakistan in the final match. Pakistan team has also performed brilliantly in this tournament, although the Indian team had defeated Pakistan in the group stage match.
Aaron George and Vihaan Malhotra performed brilliantly for India in the semi-final match. Let us tell you that both the players were given the Player of the Match award. Both the players played excellent innings and helped India win easily.
If we look at the match, this semi-final match was played at ICC Academy, Dubai. In this match, the Indian Under-19 team won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Sri Lankan team, who came to bat first, had a very bad start. The team lost the first wicket on the score of just 15 runs, while the second wicket fell on 25 runs. Veeran Chamuditha returned to the pavilion after scoring 19 runs in 11 balls, while Dulnith Sigera was out after scoring one run. Whereas Vimath Dinsara contributed 32 runs. Kavija Gamage also scored some runs, but Chamika Heenathigala scored the most runs for the team. He played an inning of 42 runs. No other batsman could stay at the crease for long. Kithma Vithanapathirana scored seven runs, Adam Hilmi scored one run, while Sethmika Seneviratne scored 30 runs. Due to this, the Sri Lankan team could score only 138 runs in 20 overs.
The start of the Indian team, which came to chase the target of 139 runs, was also not special. The team lost its first wicket on the score of just seven runs. Captain Ayush Mhatre was out after scoring only seven runs against Sri Lanka, while Vaibhav Suryavanshi also returned to the pavilion after scoring nine runs. However, after this there was no pressure of any kind on India. For India, Aaron George played an unbeaten inning of 58 runs, while Vihaan Malhotra scored an unbeaten 61 runs. Due to the excellent performance of both the players, the Indian team won the semi-final match by eight wickets and made it to the finals. Now the final match will be played between India and Pakistan on 21st December.
