Bangladesh U19 prevail, Sri Lanka U19 knocked out

Bangladesh U19 prevailed against Sri Lanka U19 with a comfortable six wicket win in their final Group ‘B’ match of the Asian Cricket Council U19 Asia Cup encounter played at the ICC Academy ground today.  

 

The win saw Bangladesh U19 ending their league segment with an unbeaten record of having won all their three matches to qualify to the semi final and in the process Sri Lanka U19 was knocked out of the tournament as they were able to chalk up only one win.   

 

Opener Ashiqur Rahman Shibli was the match winner for the Bangladesh U19 in their run chase of 200 runs as he cracked an unbeaten 116 in 120 balls which included 11 boundaries and two sixes and also associated in three fruitful partnerships first of 74 runs for the second wicket with Chowdhur Md Rizwan followed by a 57 runs for the third wicket with Ariful Islam and 60 runs for the fourth wicket with Ahrar Amin to help them to reach the target with ease in the 41st over.   

 

Sri Lanka U19 invited to take first lease of the wicket was made to struggle for their runs and was in a bad position of 118 for 5 in the 29th over but recovered to end with a respectable score of 199.   

 

Meanwhile UAE U19 booked the second semi final of Group ‘B’ when they recorded an easy 107 runs win over Japan U19 in the match played at the ICC Academy ground 2 today.  

 

UAE U19 taking first lease of the wicket helped by half tons from Dhruv Parashar, Maroof Merchant and skipper Aayan Afzal Khan made a formidable score of 320 for 7 and Japan U19 though undergoing a defeat put in their best performance of the tournament when they end with a score of 213 for 4.   

 

Pakistan U19 who too ended with an unbeaten record and defending champions India U19 were the two teams in the Group ‘A’ to qualify to the semi finals.