13 December 2023 08:00 pm Views - 1551
By M. Shamil Amit
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.
Sri Lanka U19 199 for 9 in 50 overs (Pulindu Perera 28, Sineth Jayawardena 25, Vishwa Lahiru 26, Rusanda Gamage 24, Ravishan de Silva 21, Sharujan Shanmuganathan 21, Dinura Kalupahana 20, Ruvishan Perera 19: Wasi Siddique 3/32, Maruf Mridha 2/34, Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby 2/40)
Bangladesh U19 204 for 4 in 40.5 overs (Chowdhur Md Rizwan 32, Ahrar Amin 23, Ariful Islam 18, Ashiqur Rahman Shibli 116 n.o.: Garuka Sanketh 2/56)
UAE U19 320 for 78 in 50 overs (Dhruv Parashar 65, Maroof Merchant 60, Tanish Suri 43, Aryansh Sharma 29, Shrey Sethhi 17, Aayan Afzal Khan 67 n.o.: Charles Hinze 2/42, Aarav Tiwari 2/75)
Japan U19 213 for 4 in 50 overs (Charles Hinze 40, Kazuma Kato-Stafford 28, Nihar Parmar 25, Koji Abe 69 n.o., Kiefer Lake 31 n.o.: Harshit Seth 2/19).