“This is a dream come true. This is just the beginning for us” – Man of the Match MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2020 Akbar Ali Skipper Akbar steers Bangladesh to Under-19 World Cup triumph AFP POTCHEFSTROOM (SOUTH AFRICA) BANGLADESH captain Akbar Ali kept his calm to lead his team to a stunning three-wicket win over India in Potchefstroom to win the Under-19 World Cup for the first time. Chasing 178 to win, Bang- ladesh were struggling at 102 for six but Akbar, who finished 43 not out, dragged them towards the line. A brief flurry of rain saw the players leave the field with Bangladesh on 163 for seven. When they returned the tar- get had been adjusted under DLS to 170 from 46 overs. Bangladesh needed seven from 30 balls and Akbar and Rakibul Hasan duly knocked off the runs to claim Bangladesh’s first World Cup at any level. “It’s an unbelievable expe- rience,” said Rakibul who hit the winning run. “We came here with plans and it worked out really well. Whichever team executes their plans better on the day wins, and that happened for us today.” The day started well for Bangladesh when Akbar called correctly at the toss and put India in to bat. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was again the stand-out bats- man for defending champions India as he carved 88 from 121 balls. The 18-year-old left-hand- er from Uttar Pradash already had three fifties and a century The Bangladesh cricket team after winning the ICC Under-19 World Cup Cricket final against India at the Senwes Park in Potchefstroom, South Africa, on Sunday.(AFP) under his belt at this competi- tion - the only time he failed so did Emon who retired hurt to make a half-century was in Scoreboard on 25 suffering from cramp. the group match against Ja- INDIA U19 BANGLADESH U19 (Revised Target 170 in 46 overs) Bishnoi, who finished with pan when India needed just Yashasvi Jaiswal c Tanzid Hasan b Shoriful Islam 88 Mohd Parvez Hossain c Akash Singh b Jaiswal 47 four for 30, then removed 42 to win. Divyansh Saxena c M Hasan Joy b Avishek Das 2 Tanzid Hasan c Kartik Tyagi b Ravi Bishnoi 17 Towhid Hridoy and Shahadat Tilak Varma c Shoriful b Tanzim Hasan Sakib 38 Mahmudul Hasan Joy b Bishnoi 8 Jaiswal, who has just land- Priyam Garg CPT c Tanzid Hasan b Rakibul Hasan 7 Hossain in quick succession Md Towhid Hridoy lbw Bishnoi 0 ed a contract with Indian Pre- Dhruv Chand Jurel WKT run out (Shamim Hossain) 22 to have Bangladesh reeling at mier League side Rajasthan Siddhesh Veer lbw Shoriful Islam 0 Shahadat Hossain st Dhruv Chand Jurel b Bishnoi 1 65 for four. Atharva Ankolekar b Avishek Das 3 Akbar Ali CPT WKT NOT OUT 43 Royals, hit eight fours and a At 102 for six the game Ravi Bishnoi run out (Shoriful Islam) 2 Shamim Hossain c Jaiswal b Sushant Mishra 7 six before miscuing a short- Sushant Mishra c Shoriful Islam b Tanzim Hasan 3 Avishek Das c Kartik Tyagi b Sushant Mishra 5 looked over but Emon re- arm pull off Shoriful Islam. Kartik Tyagi c Akbar Ali b Avishek Das 0 Rakibul Hasan NOT OUT 9 turned to join pugnacious He ended the competi- Akash Singh NOT OUT 1 Extras: (nb2, w19, b8, lb4) 33 captain Akbar Ali. Extras: 11 tion as top run-scorer with (w10, lb1) TOTAL: (For 7 wickets, 42.1 overs) 170 Together they added 41 TOTAL: (All Out, 47.2 overs) 177 Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-62, 3-62, 4-65, 5-85, 6-102, 400 at an average of 133.33 Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-103, 3-114, 4-156, 5-156, and when Emon fell to the and was named Player of the 6-168, 7-170, 8-170, 9-172, 10-177. 7-143. leg-spin of Jaiwal for 47, it Tournament. Bowling: Shoriful Islam 10-1-31-2, Tanzim Hasan Sakib Bowling: Kartik Tyagi 10-2-33-0, Sushant Mishra 7-0-25- was left to Akbar to see his Bangladesh players react soon after winning the ICC Under-19 World Yashasvi Jaiswal of India with the 8.2-2-28-2, Avishek Das 9-0-40-3, Shamim Hossain 2, Akash Singh 8-1-33-0, Ravi Bishnoi 10-3-30-4, Avishek Das was the most 6-0-36-0, Rakibul Hasan 10-1-29-1, Md Towhid Hridoy Atharva Ankolekar 4.1-0-22-0, Yashasvi Jaiswal 3-0-15-1. side home. successful bowler with three Cup on Sunday. (AFP) player of the tournament award. 4-0-12-0. Result: Bangladesh won by 3 wickets. “It’s a dream come true,” for 40 and there were two said Akbar. each for Shoriful and Tanzim Indians struggled to attack between them. Hossain Emon and Tanzid “We’ve had a very good Hasan Sakib. the Bangladeshi bowling. Hasan who brought up the for the Bishnoi googly and ed for Mahmudul Hasan Joy, experience, and this is just Tilak Varma made a Jaiswal apart, the oth- Bishnoi battle 50 partnership with a six off holed out to Kartik Tyagi at who had scored a century in the beginning for us. Hope- watchful 38 from 65 balls and er Indian batsmen man- Bangladesh began con- Ravi Bishnoi. midwicket. the semi-final win over New fully, this will be the starting Dhruv Jurel 22 from 38 as the aged just four boundaries fidently through Parvez Three balls later he fell Another googly account- Zealand, but as he departed stone for us.” QNB to sponsor HH The Naseem youngest to claim Test hat-trick Amir Sword Festival 2020 Pakistan close in on win in the first Test Scoreboard Bangladesh (1st innings): 233 Rubel 25.5-3-113-3 (1nb, 1w), Islam 41-6-139-2, against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi Pakistan (1st innings, overnight 342-3): Mahmudullah 2-0-6-0. Shan Masood b Islam 100 Bangladesh (2nd innings): Abid Ali c Das b Jayed 0 Tamim Iqbal lbw b Yasir 34 AFP over for 38, then followed up Azhar Ali c Shanto b Jayed 34 Saif Hassan b Naseem 16 RAWALPINDI (PAKISTAN) with dismissals of Taijul Is- Babar Azam c Mithun b Jayed 143 Najmul Hossain Shanto lbw b Naseem 38 lam (lbw) and Mahmudullah Asad Shafiq c Das b Ebadat 65 Mominul Haque not out 37 Haris Sohail c b Islam 75 Taijul Islam lbw b Naseem 0 TEENAGE paceman Naseem (caught) with the next two de- Mohammad Rizwan c Mahmudullah b Rubel 10 Mahmudullah c Sohail b Naseem 0 Shah became the youngest liveries. Yasir Shah lbw b Rubel 5 Mohammad Mithun b Yasir 0 player to record a Test hat- Naseem had figures of Shaheen Shah Afridi lbw b Rubel 3 Liton Das not out 0 trick as Pakistan closed in on 4-26 before he left the field Mohammad Abbas not out 1 Extras: (w 1) 1 Naseem Shah run out 2 TOTAL: (For six wkts; 45 overs) 126 victory against Bangladesh in with a shoulder injury. Extras: (b1, lb3, nb2, w1) 7 Still to bat: Rubel Hossain, Abu Jayed, Ebadat Hossain Rawalpindi on Sunday. Shanto and Mominul TOTAL: (All out; 122.5 overs) 445 Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Saif Hassan, 8.6 ov), 2-53 Just when Bangladesh Haque, unbeaten on 37 at the Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Abid), 2-93 (Azhar), 3-205 (Tamim Iqbal, 15.5 ov), 3-124 (Shanto), 4-124 (Islam), seemed to have fought their close, had added 71 for the (Masood), 4-342 (Azam), 5-353 (Shafiq), 6-374 5-124 (Mahmudullah), 6-126 (Mithun). (Rizwan), 7-415 (Yasir), 8-422 (Shaheen), 9-442 Bowling: Shaheen 11-2-35-0 (1w), Abbas 11.4-5-20- way back into the match at third wicket after they lost (Sohail). 0, Naseem 8.2-2-26-4, Yasir 11-2-33-2, Shafiq 3-0- 124-2, minutes before the close Saif Hassan on 16 and Tamim Bowling: Ebadat 25-6-97-1, Jayed 29-4-86-3 (1nb), 12-0. Toss: Pakistan. on the third day, Naseem de- Iqbal on 34. stroyed them with three wick- At the close, Bangladesh ets off successive deliveries. were 126-6 and needing He achieved that feat at 16 the match. “I can’t describe Aged 16 years and 359 another 86 runs to avoid an years and 307 days against Sri my feelings and the way (the) days, he becomes the young- innings defeat with two days Lanka in Karachi last year. crowd (was) backing me up Qatar National Bank will sponsor HH The Amir Sword Festival 2020, est player to record a Test to play. can’t be described in words.” the premier horse racing event on the QREC calendar. The sponsor- hat-trick, besting Bangladeshi Naseem, who burst onto Special talent Pakistan’s Babar Azam, ship agreement was signed by QNB and Qatar Racing & Equestrian Alok Kapali who achieved the the scene on Pakistan’s Aus- Pakistan’s Naseem Shah delivers “I wanted to do something that who scored 143 in the first in- Club in New Al Rayyan on Sunday. 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