2016 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup

The 2016 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup was an international cricket tournament that was held in Sri Lanka from 15 to 23 December 2016. It formed part of the qualification process for the 2018 Under-19 World Cup. Eight teams participated in the tournament, with the six Asian teams at the 2016 Under-19 World Cup being joined by the top two teams from the 2016 Asia Division Two event.[1] India won the tournament, beating Sri Lanka by 34 runs in the final.[2]

2016 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup

Dates	15 – 23 December 2016
Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	50-over
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin, playoffs
Host(s)	Sri Lanka
Champions	India
Participants	8
Matches played	15
Most runs	Himanshu Rana (283)
Most wickets	Rahul Chahar Praveen Jayawickrama (10)

Teams

Eight teams participated in the tournament:

Afghanistan (automatically qualified)  Bangladesh (automatically qualified)  India (automatically qualified)    Nepal (automatically qualified)

Pakistan (automatically qualified)  Sri Lanka (automatically qualified)  Malaysia (qualified through 2016 Asia Division Two)  Singapore (qualified through 2016 Asia Division Two)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	India	3	3	0	0	3	15	2.554
2	Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	1	9	0.746
3	Nepal	3	1	2	0	0	4	−0.334
4	Malaysia	3	0	3	0	0	0	−2.817

Source: ESPNcricinfo

  Advanced to semi-finals

Matches

11 October Scorecard

India  289/8 (50 overs)	v	Malaysia 54 (22.3 overs)

India won by 235 runs Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo

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15 December Scorecard

Sri Lanka  227/8 (50 overs)	v	Nepal 226 (49.3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 1 run Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo

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16 December Scorecard

Nepal    172/9 (50 overs)	v	India 174/4 (33.3 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo

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16 December Scorecard

Malaysia  104 (38.2 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 108/2 (18 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa

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18 December Scorecard

Sri Lanka  207 (48.5 overs)	v	India 208/4 (39.5 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa

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18 December Scorecard

Malaysia  153 (44.4 overs)	v	Nepal 154/9 (44.4 overs)

Nepal won by 1 wicket Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Bangladesh	3	2	1	0	1	9	1.584
2	Afghanistan	3	2	1	0	1	9	1.425
3	Pakistan	3	2	1	0	1	9	1.368
4	Singapore	3	0	3	0	0	0	−11.312

Source: ESPNcricinfo

  Advanced to semi-finals

Matches

15 December Scorecard

Afghanistan  146 (48.3 overs)	v	Bangladesh 150/6 (43.1 overs)

Bangladesh won by 4 wickets Uyanwatte Stadium, Matara

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15 December Scorecard

Singapore  78 (25.1 overs)	v	Pakistan 80/1 (8.3 overs)

Pakistan won by 9 wickets Galle International Stadium, Galle

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16 December Scorecard

Afghanistan  273/3 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 252 (49.1 overs)

Afghanistan won by 21 runs Uyanwatte Stadium, Matara

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16 December Scorecard

Singapore  70 (25.5 overs)	v	Bangladesh 71/3 (5.0 overs)

Bangladesh won by 7 wickets Galle International Stadium, Galle

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18 December Scorecard

Singapore  73 (18.2 overs)	v	Afghanistan 75/1 (4.1 overs)

Afghanistan won by 9 wickets Surrey Village Cricket Ground, Maggona

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18 December Scorecard

Bangladesh  230 (49.5 overs)	v	Pakistan 233/9 (49.1 overs)

Pakistan won by 1 wicket Galle International Stadium, Galle

Finals

Semi-finals

20 December Scorecard

India  294 (49.1 overs)	v	Afghanistan 217/7 (50 overs)

India won by 77 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

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21 December Scorecard

Bangladesh  194 (49.1 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 106/2 (27.1 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 26 runs (D/L) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Final

23 December Scorecard

India  273/8 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 239 (48.4 overs)

India won by 34 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Statistics

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Himanshu Rana	India	283	5	56.60	130	1	2
Shubman Gill	India	252	5	50.40	78	0	3
Vishva Chathuranga	Sri Lanka	193	5	48.25	68*	0	2
Prithvi Shaw	India	191	5	38.20	89	0	1
Saif Hassan	Bangladesh	158	4	39.50	67	0	1

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player	Team	Overs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	SR	BBI
Rahul Chahar	India	31.0	10	8.30	2.67	18.6	5/27
Praveen Jayawickrama	Sri Lanka	36.3	10	14.20	3.89	21.9	4/25
Mujeeb Zadran	Afghanistan	35.0	9	15.22	3.91	23.3	4/13
Yash Thakur	India	38.4	9	19.44	4.52	25.7	3/38
Naveen-ul-Haq	Afghanistan	32.2	9	20.88	5.81	21.5	5/80

Source: ESPNcricinfo

References

1. "Sri Lanka to host Asia Cup" – espncricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
2. "Spinners Abhishek and Chahar seal title for India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

External links

• Tournament homepage at ESPNcricinfo