Bangladesh confirmed the final by defeating strong India in the second semi-final of U-19 Asia Cup. After the bowling of Maruf Mridha, India blew away Ariful Islam’s batting. Ariful played the match winning innings of 94 runs off 90 balls. Tiger Yuvra lost 6 wickets in 43 balls.
Mahfuzur Rahman Rabbira will fight for the trophy against United Arab Emirates next Sunday (December 17).
Chasing the target of 189 runs, Bangladesh lost 3 wickets for just 34 runs. The run looked like a mountain for the Tigers. On this day, opener Jisan Alam hit a golden duck. This top order batsman was bowled by Limbani during the team’s 2 runs. Nama Chowdhury returned to number three by catching Tiwari’s ball for the team’s 21 runs. Rizwan. Ashiqur Rahman Shibli, the centurion of the previous match, could not increase the innings in this match. This wicketkeeper was run out for a personal 7 runs. Tiger camp panicked after losing 3 wickets for 34 runs on his departure.
Then Ariful Islam and Ahrar Amin took control of the match. Bangladesh came close to victory with 138 runs from this pair. Ariful, who batted stormily, was on his way to a century. However, he returned with a catch in the hands of Shahran off Limbani for a personal 94 runs. He faced 90 balls to play the innings. His innings had 9 fours and 4 sixes.
After losing four wickets for 172 runs, Bangladesh lost the next wicket for 184 runs. Shihab James returned with only 9 runs despite getting the last chance. And Ahrar Amin left the match just 2 runs away from victory. Tiwari returned him with a personal 44 runs.
Earlier, Bangladesh captain Mahfuzur Rahman Ravi won the toss and decided to bowl at the ICC Academy Oval in Dubai on Friday (December 15).
Bangladesh took the wicket at the beginning of the fielding. Tiger pacers picked up three Indian batsmen for 13 runs. Then Priyanshu and Sachin Das tried to handle that pressure together. However, Tiger pacer Rohanat Varshan did not allow that pair to last for long. Sachin returned with a personal 16 runs bowled.
Barshan hit the Indian camp again in the 16th over of the innings. This time he picked up Priyanshu. Arveli Avanis was run out on one ball. India lost 6 wickets for the team’s 61 runs. And Bangladesh strengthened their position in that match.
However, debuts by Mushir Khan and Murugan Abhishek gave India a glimpse of getting back into the match. 84 runs came from this pair to handle the pressure. Mushir Khan also scored a 60-ball half-century. After that, Tiger captain Mahfuzur did not let his innings get longer. Mushir sent to Sajghar for personal 50 runs.
Sowmi Pandey, who came to the crease after his departure, could not stand on the wicket either. He returned for only 1 run. But Murugan held the other end. This batsman scored a half-century off 64 balls and played the highest innings of 62 runs for the team. His innings had 6 fours and two sixes. As the last batsman, Nama Tiwary went back to Sajghar for 6 and the Indian youngsters were all out in 42.4 overs.
Maruf Mridha took four wickets for Bangladesh. Apart from this, Barshan and Parvez Jeevan took two wickets and captain Rabi took one wicket.
