Adults can't be on the big stage; But for five years cricket has been watching the 'power' of Bangladesh nineteen. Bangladesh captain Azizul Hakeem Tamim hit four as the team needed 1 run to win at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The final of the U-19 Asia Cup of Bangladesh was confirmed once again with the victory of 7 wickets. They are in the final for the third time in the last four Youth Asia Cups. Runners-up in the 2019 Youth Asia Cup, champions in 2023, the story of the 24-year-old will be written against India tomorrow. Among the champions of the 2020 Youth World Cup.
Bangladesh defeated India in the semi-final of the last Youth World Cup. This time the opponent was Pakistan. Iqbal Hossain Imon and Maruf Mridha have exchanged performances like the opponents. India was caught in the semis last time by these two pacers. This time, Pakistan was crushed in front of their cannons. Pakistan, the group champions, were invited to bat first and collapsed for 116 runs in 37 overs.
Let's also clarify the swapping performance of Mrida-Eamon—Mridha's 4 wickets against India in the semis last time, and 2 wickets for Eamon. This time Emon took 4, Mridha took 2. Mridha became the man of the match, this time Eamon won the award. Middle order Farhan Yousuf scored the highest 32 runs among Pakistan's batsmen. Mohammad Riazullah scored 28 and captain Saad Baig scored 18 runs. Bangladesh Yuvara easily chased the target of 117 runs after losing 3 wickets in captain Tamim's jhoro fifty with 167 balls in hand.
In another semi-final, India's youngsters confirmed the final by defeating Sri Lanka by 7 wickets. Tomorrow, Bangladesh-India will enter the field in the title fight at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Tamim, however, announced that Bangladesh wants to write a fairy tale again in Dubai. In the video message sent by BCB, the Bangladesh captain said after the match, 'We will try to give our best in the final. We will fight with all our strength. I will try to give the maximum from my place. You will pray for us, support us.'
Tamim gave credit to the bowlers for the team's victory in the semi-final, 'Alhamdulillah we have won today. feel good Won the toss, everything was in our favour. Well done by all our bowlers. Eamon, Maruf, Fahad and Rizan, they bowled very well. Eamon took 4 wickets. . For this reason, I was able to stop them for 116 runs. Our message to the team was to go according to plan. We tried to overcome some mistakes we made in the group stage. We have done them.'
Although not a big target, Pakistan kept Bangladesh under pressure in the beginning. Bangladesh can score only 4 runs from the first five overs. Two openers Kalam Siddiqui (0) and Jawad Abrar (17) returned for 28 runs. Tamim and Shihab James' partnership of 57 runs in the third wicket made the road to victory smooth for Bangladesh. Shihab returned 26 runs.
Tamim left the field with a win in 22.1 overs along with Rizan Hossain who dropped to five. The Bangladesh captain remained unbeaten on 61 runs off 42 balls with seven fours and three sixes. Fifty met for the third time in four matches in the tournament. Tamim is the third highest run-scorer in the tournament so far with 224 runs courtesy of a century and two unbeaten fifties. An eye-catching average of 112.00. Satisfied with his batting, Tamim said, 'I feel very good about the innings I played today. We won for the country, it feels good.'
