FEATURE: Baseball gradually taking root in Sri Lanka with Japanese aid

With the help of Japan, home to legendary players Ichiro Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani, baseball has gradually gained a foothold in Sri Lanka, a South Asian country better known for its passion for cricket.At last month's Under-18 Asian Baseball Championship in Taipei, Sri Lanka finished second to last out of eight participants. However, coach Hiroto Furuya, a Japanese national, believes the Sri Lankan team has steadily improved."The team could not quite hold on in the preliminary round," Furuya, 29, said, citing games against Japan, which finished second in the tournament, and Taiwan and the Ph…READ FULL ARTICLE