Sri Lanka under-17 team lose second match

Sri Lanka under-17 cricket team lost the second match against Coca Cola XI, played at Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium in Mysore, India to level the series 1-1.

Coca Cola XI won the toss and elected to field. Sri Lanka under-17 team batted first and scored 209 in their 50 overs. Right hand batsman Kavindu Kulasekara (Thurstan College Colombo) scored 58 runs. A valuable 54 run partnership was set for the first wicket between Kusal Mendis (24) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (33). Nitin Tanwar took four wickets for 36 runs.

Sri Lanka will play their last match of the tournament today.

Sri Lanka U-17: 209 in 50 overs (Kavindu Kulasekara 58, Sadeera Samarawickrama 33, Anuk Fernando 25, Kusal Mendis 24, Nayana Prabath 19 n.o., Madhushan Ravichandrakumar 17, Roshan Anuruddha 15, Shanuka Dulaj 11, Nitin Tanwar 4/36)

Coca Cola XI: 210/8 in 46.3 overs (Safraz Khan 51 n.o., Akshey Brahmawat 46, Siddhartha Sehvag 32, Nitin Tanwar 29, Rohith Reedy 10, Shanuka Dulaj 4/30)