Twitter Reactions: Sri Lanka prevail in a thriller to win Emerging Team Asia Cup
Atit Sheth tried his best in the end, but couldn't help the team get over the line.
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After dominating the whole tournament, India fell just three runs short of the glory as Sri Lanka held nerve in the final to win the Emerging Teams Asia Cup. The Islanders have defended the title successfully after winning it in 2017 when the tournament was held in Bangladesh. Atit Sheth was the man for the Indian youngsters who brought his team so close to the victory.
He came out to bat with his team needing 39 runs off 23 deliveries and played a blinder. The 47th over bowled by Asela Gunaratne turned the game on its head. Three wickets fell in the over and India were left reeling nine down. But Sheth had other ideas. He took the game deep by bringing the equation down to 22 runs off last two overs. But the penultimate was an exceptional one it came down to 20 off the last over.
Sheth though didn’t lose hope and took it upon himself to score all the runs with Kamindu Mendis taking the responsibility of defending the total. He started the over well with a dot ball as Sheth refused a single but things went really when he connected next two for massive sixes. It all then came down to six off the final ball. The tension was huge in both the camps even as the batsman connected his shot only to fall it short of the boundary.
The fielder was also stationed in the deep as India could only churn out a couple of runs. Nevertheless, chasing 271, they made a meal of the score by reaching 267 runs in 50 overs after being reduced to 127/6 at one stage.
Mulani and Yadav give hope
Earlier, Shams Mulani and skipper Jayant Yadav batted superbly to give the team hope after being down and out of the game. Both of them added 107 runs for the seventh wicket to bring victory in sight. However, Gunaratne’s 47th over snatched victory from the Indian team.
In the morning, Sri Lanka opted to bat first and rode on the half-centuries from Hasitha Boyagoda and Kamindu Mendis. The Indian spinners were brilliant but they were guilty of not picking the wickets of lower-order. Wanidu Hasaranga played a crucial knock of 31 runs in the death overs and remained unbeaten to propel Sri Lanka to 270 which were just enough in the end.
Here’s how Twitter reacted during the thrilling match:
India was 127-6 then 117 runs partnership between Jayant and Mulani but lost next three wickets for just four runs and in the final wicket Markande and Sheth added 29* runs from 19 balls but fell short by 3 runs.
Great final. #EmergingTeamsAsiaCup
— J. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 15, 2018
Srilanka beat India and won the Emerging Team Asia Cup 2018..
What a tremendous game 🥰 👌#lka #cricket #EmergingTeamsAsiaCup pic.twitter.com/6FudgsQLs0
— Shehan Madawa (@shehanroxx) December 15, 2018
#EmergingTeamsAsiaCup
congrats lions🔥🔥🔥🔥@OfficialSLC pic.twitter.com/YmnHMAGxH5— kenistes (@kenkenistes) December 15, 2018
Thriller in Finals of Emerging Asia Cup
20 needed of last over..
6 needed of last ball.
SL Won by 3 runs..Atit Sheth Tried his best #INDU23vSLU23 #EmergingTeamsAsiaCup
— Raghav (@Im_RaghavVR) December 15, 2018
Well tried Atit Sheth, you did what you regularly do for Baroda for India Emerging Team. Hopefully, an IPL contract beckons. Well played Jayant and Mulani.#EmergingTeamsAsiaCup#EmergingAsiacup#SLvsInd#INDvsSL
— Vimarsh Munsif (@VimarshMunsif) December 15, 2018
Sri Lanka beat India by three runs to win the #EmergingTeamsAsiaCup
Atit Sheth smashed 16 runs off the last over to bring India close to the target but it was not enough
— Express Sports (@IExpressSports) December 15, 2018
Brilliant innings from Jayant Yadav (71 off 85) under pressure#INDvSL #EmergingTeamsAsiaCup
— Arun Rawal (@ArunRawal93) December 15, 2018
Really good finish to a good game in the Asia Emerging cup. Excellent batting by Jayant Yadav and the lower order, unfortunately ending on the losing side. @BCCIdomestic #AsiaCup
— Anirudh Shenoy (@AnirudhShenoy_) December 15, 2018
Why is #JayantYadav not picked for Tests despite having a decent allround performance? @BCCI @imVkohli @bhogleharsha @cricketaakash @SPNSportsIndia @RaviShastriOfc @BCCIdomestic
— Raavanplussix (@Raavanplus) December 15, 2018
Jayant Yadav leading the fight back with the bat
What a competitor!
Gets unnecessary criticism every now and then for getting picked in every team but tbh till date hasn't done any wrong in be it for India, DD, Haryana or even now here leading the emerging side— Abhay (@ImAbhay3) December 15, 2018
I wanna Ask you @vikrantgupta73 @rawatrahul9 @Ateet_Sharma
Why Jayant Yadav and Asela Gunaratne playing in U23 Squad@cricketaakash— Abhishek Singh (@7484Singh) December 15, 2018
What a splendid run out that! What skills used by PrabhSimran to run out Gunaratne, guess he showed why he's keeping ahead of Bains.#EmergingAsiacup#EmergingTeamsAsiaCup#SLvsInd#IndvsSL
— Vimarsh Munsif (@VimarshMunsif) December 15, 2018
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