Bangladesh reached the final of U-19 Asia Cup. On Friday, the red-green jersey holders beat Pakistan by 7 wickets for the second time in a row. They got India in next Sunday's final. Bangladesh captain Azizul Hakeem Tamim threatened the opponent after winning the semi-final on Friday.
Tamim said, 'Inshallah we will try to give our best in the final. We will take all our strength inshallah. We will try our best at our place. Everyone will pray and support us to defeat India.'
Bangladesh bowlers played a key role in defeating Pakistan. Pakistan were bowled out for 116 runs, losing mainly to the pacers. The captain of the youth team is very satisfied after winning such a match, 'today (Friday) we won the match, it feels good. First I won the toast. By the grace of Allah, everything was in our favor. Well done by all the bowlers. Especially those who have Eamon, Maruf and others… Rizan. They said very well. Because of them, I was able to score 116 runs.'
Captain Tamim also played a great innings with the bat in Bangladesh's final match. His unbeaten innings of 61 off 42 balls quickly reached the target. Talking about their plans, Junior Tamim said, 'The plan was to reduce the mistakes that I have made. We have done that as a team. The innings I played today felt good. It feels good to have won for the team, for the country. Everyone pray for us.'
Meanwhile, Iqbal Hussain Imon crushed Pakistan's batting lineup with 4 wickets. Expressing his feelings, he said, 'Today's wicket was really good. Pace friendly wicket, pace bowling wicket. I balled in my place, succeeded. I am very excited, very happy to be man of the match. Actually my performance was very important for the team. I performed, I became the man of the match Alhamdulillah. All in all, it feels good.'
About the final match against India, Eamon said, 'There is not much planned for the final. I will bowl well from my place inshallah. Not much else.'
