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The Indian Under-19 cricket team, which went on the Sri Lanka tour, has finally settled the score on the basis of its excellent performance. The young Indian team, which faced a 2-1 defeat in the unofficial ODI series played against the host team, made a strong comeback in the Test series and eliminated Sri Lanka. On the fourth and final day of the second and final Youth Test match played in Colombo, India defeated Sri Lanka Under-19 team by a huge margin of 211 runs. After the first Test match was a draw due to rain or other reasons, Team India registered a resounding victory in this match and won the two-match Test series 1-0. The magic of bowling by Rohit Yadav and C Venkat, Sri Lanka’s innings collapsed. The Sri Lankan Under-19 team, which was chasing a big target to win on the last day of the match, looked completely helpless in front of the Indian bowlers. In response to the lofty target of 472 runs set by India, the hosts were all out for just 260 runs in 76.5 overs after lunch. India’s leg spinner Rohit Yadav and fast bowler C Venkat broke the back of the Sri Lankan batsmen with their lethal bowling. In this match, Rohit Yadav took 4 important wickets giving a total of 49 runs, while C Venkat also bowled brilliantly and showed the way to the pavilion by giving 27 runs to 3 players. Captain Vimath Dinsara (64 runs) and Sethmika Seneviratne (42 runs) struggled for some time, but they could only avoid the margin of defeat and the entire team returned to the pavilion. Leaving behind the bitter memories of the ODI series, the story of victory in the Test was written. The Indian Under-19 team’s tour of Sri Lanka was a mixed bag, but in the end the team proved its potential. On this tour that started from the beginning of July, India first played a three-match ODI series, in which after winning the first match by 4 wickets, the team lost two consecutive matches (by 8 wickets and 1 wicket) and lost the series 1-2. However, the young players learned from this defeat and showed amazing mental balance in the Test format. After the first Test was a draw, in the decisive Test played on the grounds of Colombo, the Indian batsmen and bowlers displayed a collective performance and registered a historic victory and defeated Sri Lanka on their own soil.