Bangladesh defeated India and become champions for the second time.
Bangladesh became the champion of the Under-19 Asia Cup by defeating India. Azizul Hakim Tamimra won a huge victory by 59 runs in the final stage. With this, the Tiger youth won the title for the second time in a row in the tournament.
Bangladesh became the champion of the Under-19 Asia Cup for the first time in the last edition of 2023 by defeating the United Arab Emirates. However, India, the champion for the record eighth time, could not increase their number of titles for the time being.
Bangladesh, who batted first in the title-deciding match, could not even score 200 runs under the controlled bowling of Indian bowlers. Where they were all out for 198 runs with 5 balls remaining in the scheduled 50 overs. In response, the Indian youth were bundled out for 139 runs in 35.2 overs due to the onslaught of Bangladeshi bowlers.
The final began at 11 am Bangladesh time today at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. After winning the toss, Indian captain Mohammad Aman decided to send Bangladesh to bat.
Bangladesh’s batting started with two Tiger openers showing determination not to give up wickets, but it could not be sustained for long. Kalam Siddiqui returned with the first ball of the team’s seventh over, and the team’s score was 17.
Bangladesh scored 41 runs in the first 10 overs of the first power play after losing that one wicket. Bangladesh lost a wicket with the next ball after the power play ended, with another opener Jawad Abrar returning (20 off 35 balls). Bangladesh were in trouble after losing captain Tamim (16 off 28 balls), who had been in form throughout the tournament, for 66 runs. Then Mohammad Shihab James and Rizan Hossain formed a great partnership. They added 62 runs for the fourth wicket.
After James returned as the fourth batsman for 128 runs (40 off 67 balls), Bangladesh’s innings collapsed. Bangladesh lost eight batters out of 167 runs. Rizan, who had scored the highest 47 runs for the team, was out in the meantime. The ninth wicket partnership of Farid Hasan and Maruf Mridha took Bangladesh to two and a half centuries. They added 30 runs to the team during this period. As the ninth batsman, Farid (39 off 49 balls) departed for 197 runs for the team. Iqbal Hossain Emon was the last batsman to be out after adding 1 run. Maruf remained unbeaten on 11 runs from 19 balls.
Batting for a target of 199 runs, Al Fahad gave India a stumbling block early on. He bowled opener Ayush Matre for 4 runs for the team. Maruf Mridha dismissed another opener and India’s wonder boy Vaibhav Suryavanshi for 9 runs.
After that, Andre Siddhartha, KP Karthikeya and captain Mohammed Aman tried to catch up, but Rizan Hossain, Iqbal Hossain Emon and Azizul Hakim did not allow them to extend their innings. Azizul bowled Aman, who had scored a top score of 26. Siddharth was bowled by Rizan and returned for 20. Kartikya was caught by Emon for 21 by Farid Hasan.
In the end, Hardik Raj made 24 and Chetan Sharma made 10 runs to reduce India’s gap. However, Bangladesh snatched the victory.
Among the Bangladesh bowlers, Emon and Azizul Hakim took 3 wickets each. Al Fahad took two wickets.
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