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Sri Lanka 'A' led by former national cricketer Duleep Samaraweera have virtually assured themselves of pocketing the one-day triangular conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL).

With only the second round of matches in the league completed, Sri Lanka 'A' have an unblemished record of four wins out of four to top the standings with eight points.

They are placed in an unenviable position as the other two teams in the competition - Sri Lanka 'B' and Leicestershire, the English county champions have a tough task ahead of them to bridge the gap.

Sri Lanka 'B' led by Naveed Nawaz have two points from three matches and Leicestershire are without any points having lost all three matches played so far.

Sri Lanka 'A' need to win only one of their remaining two matches of the third round, to clinch the title.

Sri Lanka 'B's chances hinger on winning their last three matches two against Leicestershire and one against Sri Lanka 'A' for them to have any outside chance. If they can do that, Sri Lanka 'B' will tie on points with Sri Lanka 'A' and the winner will be decided by the second option - the playing record between the two teams in the competition.

Leicestershire have no chance of winning the tournament, even if they win their remaining three matches.

The champions are decided by the team topping the final league standings. The standings after matches completed till March 23:

                P       W       L       NRR     Pts

Sri Lanka 'A'   4       4       0       +0.40   8
Sri Lanka 'B'   3       1       2       +0.73   2
Leicestershire  3       0       3       -1.36   0