DHAKA: India Under-19s are facing the bowlers of Sri Lanka Under-19s in the first semi-final of ICC Under-19 World Cup 2016 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in city on Tuesday (February 09).

Earlier, Sri Lanka Under-19s captain KIC Asalanka won the toss and elected to field first in the match that began at 9:00am.

Both sides had registered thumping wins to enter the semis.

India U-19s may have the wood over Sri Lanka U-19s, having clinched the Tri-nation series final in Colombo in December 2015.

Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka, on the other hand, believes that his side has the edge.

The stakes, though, are higher this time around as the winner will qualify for the World Cup final.

India Under-19s Team

Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant, Anmolpreet Singh, SN Khan, Armaan Jaffer, Washington Sundar, MK Lomror, MJ Dagar, RR Batham, Avesh Khan, KK Ahmed

Sri Lanka Under-19s team

WIA Fernando, WMK Bandara, PHKD Mendis, KIC Asalanka*, S Ashan, PVR de Silva†, PWH de Silva, BADN Silva, CBRLS Kumara, SHTN Nimesh, AM Fernando

BDST: 0919 HRS, FEB 09, 2016
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