Dubai, Dec. 19 -- India U19 secured a convincing eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka U19 in the first semi-final of the U19 Asia Cup in Dubai on Friday, booking their spot in the final against arch-rivals Pakistan.

Aaron George and Vihaan Malhotra stitched together an unbeaten 114-run partnership to guide India to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka at the ICC Academy in Dubai.

India's superb bowling display bundled out Sri Lanka for 138/8 in a rain-shortened 20-over match, setting up a comfortable chase.

Sri Lanka fought back to 138/8 in the curtailed 20-over game, courtesy of Chamika Heenatigala and Sethmika Seneviratne's blistering 52-run seventh-wicket partnership off 40 balls. The pair rescued Sri Lanka from 84/6, but it wasn'...