At the end of their batting innings with a mountain-high score of 291 runs, victory was confirmed by Bangladesh. The goal that would be difficult for the United States, a very new team in world cricket was anticipated. In the end, it happened, as assumed. US team had to lose even after the fight of opener Pranav Chettiplam. Bangladesh reached the Super Six of the tournament with a 121-run win.
In the last match of the group stage in Bloemfontein, the youths of Bengal blew away the United States on Friday. Batting with a target of 292 runs to win the United States all down by 170 runs. Bangladesh made its place among the Super Six of the Under-19 World Cup with a huge win of 121 runs. Mahfuzur Rahman Rabbi took 4 wickets. Earlier, Ariful Islam scored a century.
Although the United States has suffered a lot from Bangladeshi bowlers. The first wicket fell for 11 runs, but the next wicket had to wait for 23.3 overs. They lost the next wicket at 86 runs. Opener Pranav Chettipalayam was worried. However, after he returned with 57 runs of the team's 91 , the batting line collapsed.
Utkarsh Srivastava scored 37 runs in the middle. The United States cricketers were bowled out for 170 in 47.1 overs. Bangladesh captain Mahfuzur Rahman Rabbi took 4 wickets.
Bangladesh openers Adil Bin Siddique and Ashiqur Rahman Shibli started playing after losing the toss. Siddique returned with 13 runs in 28 balls, and Shibli returned with 27 runs in 45 balls. Rizwan departed after scoring 35 runs off 40 balls. Bangladesh lost 3 wickets for 94 runs.
Ariful and Ahrar showed the way in the fourth wicket. This pair accumulated 122 runs on the scoreboard. Ariful picked up a century with Shihab James when Ahrar returned to the pavilion with 44 runs in 49 balls. Ariful kept the team in a strong position before returning to the dressing room with 103 runs off 103 balls. The last batsmen took that position to a better level. Bangladesh's innings stopped at 291 runs for 7 wickets.
With this win, Bangladesh has reached the Super Six level of the Under-19 World Cup.
Score Board, Bangladesh:
191/7 in 50 overs (Ashiqur 27, Adil 13, Rizwan 35, Ariful 103, Ahrar 44, Shihab 31, Mahfuzur 2, Jeevan 13 *, Rafi 7 *;
Score Board, USA
170/10 in 47.1 overs (Pranav 57, Mehta 5, Kappa 18, Ramesh 8, Srivastava 37, Erepalli 14, Patel 0, Balala 12, Nadkarni 0, Subramaniam 0, Garg 0 *;
Result: Bangladesh Under-19 won by 121 runs.
Man of the Match: Ariful Islam