Yesterday (22nd) night, Sri Lanka 'A' team qualified for the semi-finals of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup T20 cricket tournament in Oman.

In the preliminary round, Sri Lanka 'A' team faced Bangladesh by 19 runs in the last match, and it was notable that Sri Lanka entered the semi-finals.
There, Sri Lanka 'A' team entered the semi-finals by taking the lead in the points table of the 'A' group, while Afghanistan, which was in second place, also entered the semi-finals.
This time, the semi-final matches of the Asia Cup for emerging teams are scheduled to be held tomorrow (25th) and the final is scheduled to be held on the 27th.
The Sri Lanka 'A' team won the toss and decided to bat first in the Sri Lanka-Bangladesh match held at the Al Amarat Stadium in Oman.Accordingly, at the end of the scheduled 20 overs, the number of runs scored by the Sri Lankan team for 7 wickets is 161. Pawan Ratnayake scored 42 points, Sahan Arachchi scored 30 points, Lahiru Udara scored 35 points and Yashoda Lanka scored 23 points.
While bowling for Bangladesh, Ripon Mondal and Reijur Rahman took two wickets each while Mahfuzur Rahman and Saif Hasan shared one wicket each.
However, the Bangladesh 'A' team, who played the reply innings, managed to collect only 142 runs for 7 wickets at the end of 20 overs. Abu Haider, who fought alone, scored an unbeaten 38 runs. Saif Hasan scored 29 runs and Pervez Hussain scored 24 runs.
While bowling for the Sri Lanka 'A' team, Dushan Hemantha took 3 wickets while Nimesh Vimukti, Ramesh Mendis, Eshan Malinga and Nipun Ransika shared one wicket each.