<p>The Indian bowlers put up an impressive performance to take the visitors within sniffing distance of a win before the last-wicket pair of Ramesh Mendis and Lakshan Jayasinghe stood tall to eke out a creditable draw for Sri Lanka in the first Youth Test (Under-19) here on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Till Thursday evening, the match was heading for a tame draw with Sri Lanka comfotably placed at 235/5 in their first innings in reply to India’s 503/7 declared.<br /><br />Resuming their innings, Sri Lanka needed another 119 runs to reach 354 and avoid the follow-on. But the Indian pace duo of Atul Singh and Chama Milind had other plans as the Lankans lost their last five wickets for just 21 runs to enforce the follow-on.<br /><br />The second and final Test will be played from July 29 to August 1.<br /><br />Brief Scores: India: 503/7decl in 127 overs drew Sri Lanka: 256 and 264 for nine in 92 overs (Sadeera Samarawickrama 88, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 62; Shreyas Iyer 2/22).</p>
<p>The Indian bowlers put up an impressive performance to take the visitors within sniffing distance of a win before the last-wicket pair of Ramesh Mendis and Lakshan Jayasinghe stood tall to eke out a creditable draw for Sri Lanka in the first Youth Test (Under-19) here on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Till Thursday evening, the match was heading for a tame draw with Sri Lanka comfotably placed at 235/5 in their first innings in reply to India’s 503/7 declared.<br /><br />Resuming their innings, Sri Lanka needed another 119 runs to reach 354 and avoid the follow-on. But the Indian pace duo of Atul Singh and Chama Milind had other plans as the Lankans lost their last five wickets for just 21 runs to enforce the follow-on.<br /><br />The second and final Test will be played from July 29 to August 1.<br /><br />Brief Scores: India: 503/7decl in 127 overs drew Sri Lanka: 256 and 264 for nine in 92 overs (Sadeera Samarawickrama 88, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 62; Shreyas Iyer 2/22).</p>