Bangladesh U19 198 (Hossan 47, James 40, Guha 2-29, Raj 2-41) batting India U19 139 (Amaan 26, Raj 24, Hakim 3-8, Emon 3-24) by 59 runs
Chasing 199, India were bowled out for 139 in 35.2 overs, completing a Sunday of horror that also saw the men’s Test and women’s ODI teams suffer heavy defeats.
Mohammad Shihab James and Rizan Hossan stitched a 62-run stand for the fourth wicket to resurrect Bangladesh’s innings, but wickets in quick succession snuffed out any momentum they had built.
James was out first on 40, dismissed by Ayush Mhatre on 32, before Debasish Deba fell eight balls later to KP Karthikeya. Raj bowled Hossan for 47 while Samiun Basir and Al Fahad fell in the space of an over as Bangladesh slumped from 128 for 3 in the 32nd over to 167 for 8 in the 42nd over.
Wicketkeeper batsman Farid Hasan and Maruf Mridha added a crucial 30-run stand for the ninth wicket before Bangladesh were bowled out for 198 in the last over.
India, however, could not get going in their chase from the start. Mhatre departed in the second over bowled by Fahad, while 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi fell in the fifth over after hitting two fours. When C Andre Siddharth became Hossan’s first victim, India found themselves struggling at 44 for 3 in the 12th over.
Captain Mohamed Amaan and Karthikeya added a brief 29-run stand for the fourth wicket, but Emon soon caused a collapse and there was no way back for India. The medium-pacer first had Karthikeya caught behind for 21 before he struck two balls later to send Nikhil Kumar for a duck. In his next over, he removed Harvansh Pangalia as India were reduced to 81 for 6 in the 23rd over.
It became 92 for 7 when Fahad removed Kiran Chormale giving wicketkeeper Farid his fourth catch of the innings. Amaan and Raj tried to delay the inevitable, but once Hakim removed his opposite number at the end of 32, the match was as good as done.
Hakim picked the last three wickets to spark jubilant scenes in the Bangladesh camp.
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