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CALCUTTA, India, Tuesday (AFP) - Schoolboy Farveez Maharoof grabbed 4-39 as Sri Lanka A whipped India A by seven wickets in the final of the three-nation limited-overs series here on Tuesday.

Sri Lankan ‘A’ cricket team captain Russell Arnold holds the Kenstar Cup at Eden Gardens, Calcutta. AFP

In a one-sided match in front of some 10,000 fans at the Eden Gardens, the Sri Lankans shot the hosts out for 197 and then galloped past the modest target with 16.2 overs to spare. Jehan Mubarak (61) and Prasanna Jayawardena (54) led the victory charge with a 104-run stand for the second wicket.

Both batsmen fell to off-spinner Sarandeep Singh in the space of eight runs, but skipper Russel Arnold guided the Sri Lankans home with an unbeaten 31.

Pakistan, led by discarded international Shahid Afridi, were the third team in the tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council for the region's second-string teams.

Afridi's men, the first Pakistani side to visit India since Wasim Akram's Test squad played here in early 1999, lost three of their four league matches.

Maharoof, a 17-year-old schoolboy, dismissed Indian World Cupper Sanjay Bangar for 26 and then polished off the tail with steady spin bowling.

Ranga Herath chipped in with two wickets as India A lost regular wickets after they had won the toss and elected to take first strike. Sridharan Sriram, who replaced injured international Mohammad Kaif, was the lone Indian batsman to shine with the bat, making 65 off 81 balls.

The hosts, comfortably placed at 140-3 at one stage, surrendered the advantage by losing their last seven wickets for 57 runs.

Four members of the India A squad - Kaif, Bangar, Hemang Badani and Yuvraj Singh - will join the senior team in Australia for the limited-overs tri-series against the world champions and Zimbabwe which opens on January 9.

INDIA 'A'

G. Gambhir b Zoysa			  24
S.B. Bangar c Arnold b Maharoof		  26
S. Sriram run out (Herath)			  65 
H.K. Badani c & b Herath			  23  
Yuvraj Singh c Silva b Mubarak		  18  
D. Mongia c Mubarak b Herath		    5   
A. Ratra b Maharoof			  15  
S.V. Bahutule run out (Jayawardene)		    1   
Sarandeep Singh lbw b Maharoof		    0   
A. Bhandari lbw b Maharoo			    5  
M.M. Patel not out				    1   
Extras (LB-3, W-2, NB-9)			  14 
TOTAL (all out, 44.4 overs)			 197

FALL OF WICKETSs: 1-44, 2-66, 3-112, 4-140, 5-153, 
6-182, 7-184, 8-184, 9-196, 10-197. 
BOWLING: Zoysa 8-1-30-1 (2nb), Lakshitha 8-0-43-0 (2nb, 1w), 
Maharoof 9.4-0-30-4 (3nb), Mubarak 9-0-45-1, 
Herath 10-0-46-2 (2nb, 1w).

  SRI LANKA 'A'

S. Kalavitigoda lbw b Bhandari		  18  
J. Mubarak c Patel b Sarandeep Singh		  61 
H.A.P.W. Jayawardene lbw b Bahutule		  54  
R.P. Arnold not out				  35  
M.N. Nawaz not out			  18  
Extras (LB-9, W-3)				  12 
TOTAL (3 wkts, 33.4 overs)			 198

DID NOT BAT: L.P.C. Silva, M.F. Maharoof, H.M.R.K.B. Herath,
A.B.T. Lakshitha,  D.N.T Zoysa, A.S. Polonowita.
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-35, 2-139,  3-148.
BOWLING:  Bhandari 6-0-23-1 (1w), Patel 4-0-20-0 (2w), 
Sarandeep Singh  9.4-0-60-1, Bangar 3-0-19-0, 
Mongia 3-0-16-0, Bahutule 8-0-51-1.

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: M.F. Maharoof.

MAN-OF-THE-SERIES: R.P. Arnold.

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