Bangladesh U-19 registered their second win in the Asia Cup as the young tigers beat a strong Afghanistan U-19 side by sixteen runs at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
Afghanistan started the Asia cup campaign with a bang, beating Sri Lanka in their first match and they came hard against Bangladesh after winning the toss and opted to field. The young tigers struggled in their innings and kept losing wickets at regular intervals.
However, middle order batsmen Mosaddek Hossain (25) and Nazmul Hossain Shanto (58) somewhat repaired the damage, but Bangladesh were bowled out for 169 in 45.1 overs. Abdullah Adil and Sayed Shirzad took three wickets each for Afghanistan.
Chasing the target of 170, Afghanistan had to contend with a fine bowling performance from Bangladesh and also lost wickets regularly. Skipper Nasir Ahmadzai kept his side’s hopes alive with a patient 53 but was run out by his counterpart Mehedy Hasan. Afghanistan went on to be all out for 153 in 48.4 overs.
In the other matches of the day, India U-19 beat Nepal U-19 by nine wickets. Nepal were bowled out for 136 in 44.4 over and India easily chased down the target in 25 overs for the loss of one wicket to claim their second win the tournament.
Sri Lanka U-19 side posted their first win against Malaysia. The Lankan’s scored 287/7 from their 50 overs and proceeded to run through Malaysia, who were bowled out for 32 runs in 22.3 overs to give Sri Lanka a 255 run win.
Pakistan U-19 also won their second match of the tournament against host UAE by 150 runs, after totaling 274/9 and restricting UAE to 124 all out in 38.5 over.
Earlier on Saturday, Bangladesh U-19 started their Asia Cup campaign with a big win with left arm fast bowler Abu Haider’s five wicket haul crushing Malaysia U-19 side by nine wickets.
Haider claimed five wickets for just eight runs from his eight overs and he was supported by Mustafizur Rahman and Jubair Hossain taking two wickets apiece as Malaysia folded to 50 all out in 25.2 overs.
Bangladesh U-19 opener Shadman Islam remained unbeaten on 25 with Joyraj Sheikh scoring 10 not out to take Bangladesh to their target in just 10.2 overs.
Brief score
Bangladesh U-19 169/10 in 45.1 over
Nazmul Hossain Shanto 58, Mosaddek Hossain 25
Abdullah Adil 26/3, Sayed Shirzad 33/3
Afghanistan U-19 153/10 in 48.4 over
Nasir Ahmadzai 53
Mustafizur Rahman 19/2, Mehedy Hasan 23/2
Bangladesh won by 16 runs
