Under 19 Asia Cup: In the final match of Under 19 Asia Cup, Bangladesh team has defeated India by 59 runs. Bangladesh team has won the Men’s Under-19 Asia Cup title for the second consecutive time. Team India’s batsmen could not perform well during the final match, for which the team had to pay a heavy price. India was given a target of 199 runs by Bangladesh at the Dubai International Stadium but Team India could not even achieve this small score. Team India could score only 139 runs.
The Indian team reached the final by winning the semi-final against Sri Lanka by 7 wickets. Team India has won the Under-19 Asia Cup eight times, but today the team’s dream of winning the title for the ninth time could not be fulfilled. Today no batsman from India could compete with the bowlers of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh could not score big
In the final match, Team India captain Mohammad Aman won the toss and invited Bangladesh team to bat first. Many players of Bangladesh team could not perform well in this important match.
For Bangladesh, Rizan Hussain scored the highest score of 47 runs while Shihab James played an inning of 40 runs. 39 runs came off the bat of wicketkeeper Farid Hasan. Opener Jawad Abrar played an inning of 20 runs.
Indian bowlers bowled brilliantly during the final match. Due to excellent bowling, India bowled out Bangladesh for 198 runs with 5 balls remaining. For India, Yudhjeet Guha, Chetan Sharma and Hardik Raj took 2 wickets each while Chormole, Karthikeya and Ayush Mhatre took one wicket each.
India’s opening batsmen disappointed
When the Indian team restricted the Bangladesh team to a score of 198 runs, everyone expected that Team India could easily achieve this target. However, Team India could not succeed in achieving even this small target. India had high expectations from both its opening batsmen but during the final match, both 13-year-old openers Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre disappointed.
India lost both its openers at the score of 24 runs. Al Fahad gave the first blow to India by bowling Ayush Mhatre on the score of one run. After this, Vaibhav Suryavanshi also got caught out after scoring only nine runs. With this the Indian team came under complete pressure.
Captain Aman scored the maximum 26 runs.
For Team India, Andre Siddharth contributed 20 runs and KP Karthikeya contributed 21 runs. Nikhil Kumar could not even open the account while Harvansh Panghaliya was out after scoring only 6 runs. After this, India’s entire hope rested on captain Mohammad Aman. Aman played an innings of 26 runs on 65 balls.
As soon as he was out, India’s remaining hope also ended and the entire team was all out for 139 runs. Captain Aman was the top scorer for India by scoring 26 runs.
How was the journey of Team India?
Bangladesh players celebrated fiercely after defeating India by 59 runs in the final match. This time the Indian team did not have a good start in the Under-19 Asia Cup. In the first match of the tournament, India faced Pakistan in which the Indian team had to face defeat but after that match the Indian team returned to its rhythm.
The players of Team India showed great spirit to make a comeback and defeated Japan badly in the second match. In the third and last league match, India faced host UAE in which Team India won. With this victory, Team India had made it to the last four. India defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the semi-finals.
Team India could not avenge the defeat
Last year, in the semi-final match of Under-19, Bangladesh defeated India by four wickets. The Indian team had entered the field today to avenge that defeat but the dream of the Indian team could not be fulfilled. India has won the Under-19 Asia Cup title 8 times while Bangladesh team won this title for the first time last year. Today in Dubai, Bangladesh team has captured this title for the second time.
