Overview
- Sri Lanka posted 387/4 in 50 overs after a 328-run opening stand, with Dimantha Mahavithana contributing 115 from 125 balls.
- Chamuditha’s 192 off 143 deliveries, featuring 26 fours and one six, surpassed Hasitha Boyagoda’s 191 as the tournament’s highest individual score.
- The 328-run partnership eclipsed the previous U19 World Cup record of 303 by England’s Dan Lawrence and Jack Burnham in 2016.
- Japan finished on 184/8 in response, led by Hugo Kelly’s unbeaten 101 from 162 balls as Sri Lanka sealed victory by 203 runs.
- Captain Vimath Dinsara added an unbeaten 44 off 24 to finish the innings, while Japan’s Timothy Moore claimed 3/43 and dismissed Chamuditha.