Bangladesh reached the U-19 Asia Cup final after defeating India. Batting first, India were bowled out for 188 in 42.4 overs at the ICC Academy ground in Dubai on Friday. In response, the youth of Bangladesh reached the target by losing 6 wickets in 42.5 overs.
Bangladesh Secures Spot in U-19 Asia Cup Final with Victory Over India
Bangladesh reached the U-19 Asia Cup final after defeating India. Batting first, India were bowled out for 188 in 42.4 overs at the ICC Academy ground in Dubai on Friday. In response, the youth of Bangladesh reached the target by losing 6 wickets in 42.5 overs.
With this, Bangladesh reached the final for the second time. Earlier in 2019, they reached the final and lost to India and finished runners-up.
Chasing the target of 189 runs, Bangladesh slowly turned around despite a setback at the beginning. Zeeshan Alam returned to Sajghar when the team scored 2 runs. Bangladesh lost 3 wickets for 34 runs despite two small pairs in the second and third wickets. Ashiqur Rahman Shibli, the centurion of the last match, could not score more than 7 runs today.
But since then, Bangladesh turned around in the match. Ariful Islam and Ahrar Amin contributed greatly to turn the team around. Standing on a pair of 138 runs in the fourth wicket, the red-green jersey holders found the way to victory. Ariful was dismissed for 94 runs, 17 runs away from victory. This middle order batsman was denied a century for 6 runs. He finished his innings with 9 fours and 4 sixes in 90 balls.
After that Ahrar (44) and Mohammad Shiab James (9) departed quickly but there was no problem to win. Bangladesh team reached the target after losing 6 wickets in 42.5 overs.
India's Naman Tiwary got 3 wickets and Raj Limbani 2 wickets.
Earlier, the Indian batsmen were defeated by the great bowling of Bangladesh. Losing 6 wickets for 61 runs, India crossed the 150 mainly with the bat of Mushir Ahmed and Murugan Abhishek. Both made fifty. They made a pair of 84 runs off 108 balls for the seventh wicket. Mushir scored 50 runs in 3 fours. 62 runs with 2 sixes and 6 fours came from Murugan's bat.
Maruf took 4 wickets with 41 runs to keep India at bay.
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