Bangladesh win U-19 World Cup
Parvez Hossain Emon played his heart out to create 47 despite carrying a personal injury while captain Akbar Ali kept his cool to score an unbeaten 43 as Bangladesh beat India in a breathtaking U-19 World Cup final at Potchefstroom on Sunday.
The effect was finally decided in Duckwort-Lewis-Stern method, but Bangladesh were going to win the game anyway. The Young Tigers needed 15 runs when rain hit the overall game for a brief period, forcing the prospective to be shelved to seven runs.
Just a couple months back, Akbar Ali's heroics went in vain in the final of the Asia Cup when Bangladesh lost the overall game by five runs despite bundling India out for 106. But yesterday was different, as the ice-cool wicketkeeper-batsman played a captain's knock to buying the trophy.
Although Parvez fell when the team still needed 35, Akbar Ali was unfazed, showing utmost patience and tenacity to see out one of the biggest games of the country's cricket history. He was duly adjudged the Man-of-the-Match.
He was unbeaten on 43, manufactured in 77 balls, thanks to four fours and a six. Parvez's 47-run knock featured seven fours.
Winning the toss, the Bangladesh captain opted to field as his bowlers toyed with the Indian lower order after an 88-run industrious innings from Yashasvi Jaiswal saved his team's pride.
The Indian side were restricted to 177 on a day only three of their batsmen could reach double figures.
Following the fall of the first wicket on nine runs when Shoriful Islam bagged his to begin your day, Jaiswal and Tilak Varma (38) made 92 runs in the next wicket, that was broken by Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
Captain Priyam Garg (7) soon fell cheaply and Jaiswal followed suit, after hitting eight fours and a six in a amazing 121-ball knock.
Jaiswal was the fourth batsman to go, on 156, and in 21 runs India lost their remaining six wickets.
Dhruv Jurel's 22 was the other notable contribution from an Indian batsman.
Avishek Das was the most successful bowler for Bangladesh, bagging three wickets, while Shoriful and Tanzim claimed two each. Rakibul Hasan, who hit the winning run, took the other India wicket.
Jaiswal was named the Player-of-the-Tournament.
But the trophy and the heart were won by Akbar Ali and his team.
Source: en.prothomalo.com
