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Bangladesh continued their dominance in youth cricket, successfully defending their U19 Men’s Asia Cup title with a 59-run win over India in the final on Sunday, December 8 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. After winning their maiden championship last year by defeating the UAE, the Junior Tigers outclassed eight-time champions India to ceme🧔nt their sta💃tus as a rising force in the tournament.
Bangladesh’s batting: Partnerships lay the foundation
After being asked to bat first, Bangladesh posted a fighting total of 198 in 49.1 overs, thanks to key contributions from their middle order. Rizan Hossain stood out with a composed knock of 47 runs off 65 balls, including three well-timed boundaries. His ability to anchor the innings was pivotal, especially after the early dismissal of captain Azizul Hakim.
Mohammad Shihab James (40 off 57) and Farid Hasan (39 off 49) chipped in with crucial runs, building partnerships to stabilize the innings. The James-Rizan partnership for the fourth wicket added 62 runs, ensuring Bangladesh recovered from a shaky start. Although no batter converted their starts into a big score, their collective efforts gave the bowlers a defendable target. India’s bowlers were effective in patches, with Yudhajit Guha, Chetan Sharma and Hardik Raj taking crucial scalps. Kiran Chormale, KP Karthikeya and Ayush Mhatre🌸 also chipped in with a wicket apiece, but they couldn’t prevent Bangladesh from reaching a challenging total.
Also 🎀WATCH: Mohammed Al Fahad produces a peach to knock over Ayush Mhatre’s off-stump during U19 Asia Cup 2024 final
India’s chase falters under pressure
India’s run chase ended disastrously as they lost openers Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre early, leaving the team in trouble. While Andre Siddarth (20), KP Karthikeya (21), none of them could build a subst✱antial partnership to keep the chase alive.
Bangladesh’s Iqbal Hossain Emon delivered a game-changing spell, removing Nikhil Kumar and Karthikeya in quick succession during the 20th over. Emon’s accuracy and ability to extract movement kept the Indian batters guessing, finishing with excellent figures of 7-1-24-3. His dismissal of Harvansh Pangalia further dented India’s hopes as the required run rate spiraled out of reach. Indian skipper Mohamed Amaan (26) managed to g🐼et start but failed to convert into big one.
Despite failing with the bat, Bangladesh skipper Azizul Hakim made a stunning impact with the ball. His precise and disciplined bowling broke the back of India’s lower order. With figures of 2.2-1-8-3, Hakim dismissed Chetan Sharma to bring India’s innings to a premature end at just 139 in 35.2 overs. His leadership🐟 on the field and clinical bowling performance were instrumental in sealing the victory.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
𝗕𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢🔴𝗪𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦! 🏆
Presenting the winners of the 2024 – Bangladesh U19! 🇧🇩
— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1)
Asia’s best again!💥
Congratulations 👏
Bangladesh Under 19 Team on winning back-to-bac﷽k Asia Cu🥃ps!— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers)
Emotional scen✃es at t🦄he Bangladesh camp as they are officially the U19 Asia Cup 2024 winners. 🇧🇩👏👏
Congratulations Bangladesh U19 team on winning back-to-back Asi💦a Cup titles! 🏆💥 💛
— Saabir Zafar (@Saabir_Saabu01)
Congratulations to Bangladesh on winning the U19 Asia Cup 2024. Some really good bow𓂃ling talent in that team. Debasish is a promising wrist💛 spinner. Elon and Fahad look promising seamers.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
🏆 BACK TO BACK U-19 ASIA CUP CHAMPIONS 🏆
Bangladesh U19 have successfully defended their Asia Cup title and what a way to do i𝓡t against India yet again.
YOUNG TIG✃ERS KEEPS ON MAKING THE NꦬATION PROUD. 🇧🇩
— Saif Ahmed (@saifahmed75)
Bangladesh🇧🇩 win back-to-back U19 Asia Cups.
2023 ✅
2024 ✅The only team apart from India to achieve consecutive Asia Cup title w꧃ins.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Heartfelt congratulations to the Bangladesh U-19 cricket team for their deser🧔ving victory in the final of the U19 Asia Cup against India!
Your hard work, determination, and teamwork ha🌺ve made the nation proud. This victory is a testament to the bright future of Bangladesh…
— Tarique Rahman (@trahmanbnp)
Bangladesh are the champions of the U19 Asia Cup.
They defeated India in the final by 59 runs.
— junaiz (@dhillow_)
Bangladesh won the second consecutive title🦋 by defeating India in the final of the Under-19 Asia Cup. Congratulations have been extended by the Honorable Adviser of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Mr. Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain.
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— Asif Mahmud (@AsifMahmud36)
Triple whammy for India in cricket today.
After th��e men’s and women’s teams in Australia, t🌟he under-19 boys go down to Bangladesh in the Asia Cup final.— Rahul Rawat (@rawatrahul9)
