Bangladesh continued their dominance in youth cricket, efficiently defending their U19 Males’s Asia Cup title with a 59-run win over India within the closing on Sunday, December 8 on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium. After profitable their maiden championship final 12 months by defeating the UAE, the Junior Tigers outclassed eight-time champions India to cement their standing as a rising power within the event.
Bangladesh’s batting: Partnerships lay the inspiration
After being requested to bat first, Bangladesh posted a preventing whole of 198 in 49.1 overs, because of key contributions from their center order. Rizan Hossain stood out with a composed knock of 47 runs off 65 balls, together with three well-timed boundaries. His means to anchor the innings was pivotal, particularly after the early dismissal of captain Azizul Hakim.
Mohammad Shihab James (40 off 57) and Farid Hasan (39 off 49) chipped in with essential runs, constructing partnerships to stabilize the innings. The James-Rizan partnership for the fourth wicket added 62 runs, making certain Bangladesh recovered from a shaky begin. Though no batter transformed their begins into a giant rating, their collective efforts gave the bowlers a defendable goal. India’s bowlers have been efficient in patches, with Yudhajit Guha, Chetan Sharma and Hardik Raj taking essential scalps. Kiran Chormale, KP Karthikeya and Ayush Mhatre additionally chipped in with a wicket apiece, however they couldn’t stop Bangladesh from reaching a difficult whole.
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India’s chase falters beneath strain
India’s run chase ended disastrously as they misplaced openers Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre early, leaving the workforce in bother. Whereas Andre Siddarth (20), KP Karthikeya (21), none of them might construct a considerable partnership to maintain the chase alive.
Bangladesh’s Iqbal Hossain Emon delivered a game-changing spell, eradicating Nikhil Kumar and Karthikeya in fast succession throughout the twentieth over. Emon’s accuracy and skill to extract motion stored the Indian batters guessing, ending with glorious figures of 7-1-24-3. His dismissal of Harvansh Pangalia additional dented India’s hopes because the required run price spiraled out of attain. Indian skipper Mohamed Amaan (26) managed to get begin however didn’t convert into large one.
Regardless of failing with the bat, Bangladesh skipper Azizul Hakim made a shocking affect with the ball. His exact and disciplined bowling broke the again of India’s decrease order. With figures of two.2-1-8-3, Hakim dismissed Chetan Sharma to carry India’s innings to a untimely finish at simply 139 in 35.2 overs. His management on the sphere and scientific bowling efficiency have been instrumental in sealing the victory.
Right here’s how Twitter reacted:
𝗕𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦! 🏆
Presenting the winners of the #ACCMensU19AsiaCup 2024 – Bangladesh U19! 🇧🇩#ACC pic.twitter.com/l0VYQdPLRu
— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) December 8, 2024
Asia’s finest once more!💥
Congratulations 👏
Bangladesh Underneath 19 Workforce on profitable back-to-back Asia Cups!#BCB #Cricket #ACC #ACCMensU19AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/2RenhM0hS3— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) December 8, 2024
Emotional scenes on the Bangladesh camp as they’re formally the U19 Asia Cup 2024 winners. 🇧🇩👏👏
Congratulations Bangladesh U19 workforce on profitable back-to-back Asia Cup titles! 🏆💥#U19AsiaCup #U19AsiaCup2024 #U19AsiaCupFinal #INDvBAN #BANvIND #ACCMensU19AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/7ABWEH0Z19
— Saabir Zafar (@Saabir_Saabu01) December 8, 2024
Congratulations to Bangladesh on profitable the U19 Asia Cup 2024. Some actually good bowling expertise in that workforce. Debasish is a promising wrist spinner. Elon and Fahad look promising seamers.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) December 8, 2024
🏆 BACK TO BACK U-19 ASIA CUP CHAMPIONS 🏆
Bangladesh U19 have efficiently defended their Asia Cup title and what a option to do it towards India but once more.
YOUNG TIGERS KEEPS ON MAKING THE NATION PROUD. 🇧🇩 pic.twitter.com/KB22biFdy3
— Saif Ahmed (@saifahmed75) December 8, 2024
Bangladesh🇧🇩 win back-to-back U19 Asia Cups.
2023 ✅
2024 ✅The one workforce aside from India to attain consecutive Asia Cup title wins. pic.twitter.com/buardVJ6zJ
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) December 8, 2024
Heartfelt congratulations to the Bangladesh U-19 cricket workforce for his or her deserving victory within the closing of the U19 Asia Cup towards India!
Your laborious work, dedication, and teamwork have made the nation proud. This victory is a testomony to the brilliant way forward for Bangladesh… pic.twitter.com/XhGHHnFbeP
— Tarique Rahman (@trahmanbnp) December 8, 2024
Bangladesh are the champions of the U19 Asia Cup.
They defeated India within the closing by 59 runs. pic.twitter.com/NHcEwMx5zh
— junaiz (@dhillow_) December 8, 2024
Bangladesh gained the second consecutive title by defeating India within the closing of the Underneath-19 Asia Cup. Congratulations have been prolonged by the Honorable Adviser of the Ministry of Youth and Sports activities, Mr. Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain.
(-Admin) pic.twitter.com/s69zBPOCZv
— Asif Mahmud (@AsifMahmud36) December 8, 2024
Triple whammy for India in cricket in the present day.
After the lads’s and girls’s groups in Australia, the under-19 boys go all the way down to Bangladesh within the Asia Cup closing.— Rahul Rawat (@rawatrahul9) December 8, 2024
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