India beat Bangladesh by 163 points in the semi-final on Thursday to advance to the 2021 Asian Cup U-19 final. They will face Sri Lanka, who beat Pakistan in another semi-final, in the final on Friday. The IND vs SL final match will be televised live and fans will be able to stream it online as well.
Seven-time champions India are the most successful team and this will be their eighth final out of the tournament’s nine editions. The only time they failed to advance to the final was in 2017, when India led by Himanshu Rana finished third in their group, behind Bangladesh and Nepal.
India, two-time defending champions, will start as favorites against Sri Lanka. India have never lost a final of the Asian Cup U-19. They did, however, share the trophy with Pakistan in 2012 after the tied final match ended.
This will be the Sri Lankan foals’ fifth final appearance after 1989, 2003, 2016 and 2018, all against India. In the 2018 final in Dhaka, they lost by 144 points, with Harsh Tyagi taking six wickets for 38 points after Yashasvi Jaiswal hit 85 of 113 balls.
India and Sri Lanka finished second in their respective groups, behind Pakistan (A) and Bangladesh (B).
All you need to know about the U-19 Asia Cup 2021 final between India and Sri Lanka:
Match: India U-19 vs Sri Lanka U-19
Date: December 31 (Friday), 2021
Time: 11:00 AM IST/9:30 AM local
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
TV Channels: Star Sports 1/HD, Star Sports Select 2/HD
Live Streaming: Disney+ Hotstar
Squads:
India: Harnoor Singh Pannu, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ansh Gosai, S K Rasheed, Yash Dhull (c), Anneshwar Gautam, Siddharth Yadav, Kaushal Tambe, Nishant Sindhu, Dinnesh Bana (wk), Aaradhya Yadav (wk), Rajangad Bawa, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Garv Sangwan, Ravi Kumar, Rishith Reddy, Manav Parakh, Amrit Raj Upadhyay, Vicky Ostwal
Sri Lanka: Dunith Wellalage (c), Shevon Daniel, Anjala Bandara, Pawan Pathiraja, Sadisha Rajapaksa, Sadeesh Jayawardena, Wanuja Sahan Kumara, Raveen de Silva (vc), Ranuda Somarathne, Malsha Tharupathi, Abhishek Liyanaarachchi, Traveen Mathew, Yasiru Rodrigo, Matheesha Pathirana, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Vinuja Ranpul, Sakuna Liyange.
