Bangladesh managed to win the Under-19 Asia Cup title for the second time in a row. In the final match played in Dubai, Bangladesh defeated India by 59 runs. Batting first, Bangladesh scored 198 runs for 10 wickets in 49.1 overs with the help of Rizan Hussain's innings of 47 runs. In reply, the Indian team could score only 139 runs and were all out in 35.2 overs.
The eight-time winners were defeated by Bangladesh in the final Bangladesh won the Under-19 Asia Cup title for the second time in a row. Earlier last year they defeated United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 195 runs. Let us tell you that this is the 11th season of U-19 Asia Cup. The Indian team has won the title of this tournament eight times.
Defeated India in the 2023 semi-final as well India had earlier defeated Bangladesh by four wickets in the semi-final of the U-19 Asia Cup in 2023. Batting first, the Indian team scored 188 runs thanks to Mushir Khan's innings of 50 runs. In reply, Bangladesh won by scoring 189 runs in 42.5 overs and booked a place in the final.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi was a flop None of the specialist batsmen in the Indian team could play an impressive innings, with even the youngest star of the IPL, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, managing just nine runs (7 balls, 2 fours). India were struck early in the form of Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre (01) and the score was 24 for two in five overs. Bangladesh did not allow the rest of the Indian batsmen to score runs, who were finding it difficult to hit boundaries as well as score runs.
Iqbal Hussain created a stir Rizan Hussain ended the innings of C Andre Siddharth (20 off 35 balls) in the 12th over. This was the decisive moment of the match due to which the match tilted in favor of Bangladesh. Iqbal Hussain Imon took full advantage of the situation and took three important wickets. This dashed India's hopes. Bangladesh bowlers dismissed KP Karthikeya (21), Nikhil Kumar (0) and Harvansh Pangalia (6) early. Mohammad Aman scored 26 off 65 balls after a long-on dismissal, but his efforts and Hardik Raj's 24 off 21 balls were not enough for India. Azizul Hakeem took three wickets for eight runs in his 2.2 overs.
Bangladesh innings Rizan Hussain was the highest scorer for Bangladesh with 47 runs. Apart from this, Mohammad Shihab played an innings of 40 runs. Fareed Hasan scored 39 runs. Jawad Abrar scored 20 runs, Kalam Siddiqui scored one run, Captain Mohammad Azizul Hakeem scored 16 runs and Debashish Sarkar scored one run. Mohammad Samiun scored four runs, Al Fahad one run and Iqbal Imon scored one run. For India, Yudhajit Guha, Chetan Sharma and Hardik Raj got two wickets each. Kiran Chormole, KP Karthikeya and Ayush Mhatre got one wicket each.
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