Defending champions  Bangladesh miserably made their early exit from the ICC Under -19 World Cup Cricket losing to last time runners-up India by five wickets in the quarterfinal in Antigua, West Indies Saturday night.  With the feat, India smartly reached the 2nd semifinal of the global meet to play Australia on Feb 2 while England will play Afghanistan in the first semis on Feb 1 This was the second consecutive defeat for Bangladesh against their giant neighbor India within a month after suffering a 103 runs defeat to eliminate from the semifinal of the Youth Asia Cup held in Sharjah, just ahead of the U-19 World Cup.  Chasing an easy target of 112 runs in the Saturday's quarterfinal, India had to lose five wickets to score 117 runs with 115 balls remaining. Read:U-19 World Cup: Bangladesh dismissed for 111 against India in QF After the departure of opener Harnoor Singh for a duck in 1.3 overs,  India never look behind to score the match-winner in 30.5 overs as opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi pairing with one down Shaik Rasheed contributed 70 runs in the 2nd wicket stand . Raghuvanshi scored 44 runs off 65 balls hitting seven boundaries while Rasheed made a patient 26 runs off 59 balls featuring three fours. Besides, captain Yash Dhull scored not out of 20 runs off 26 balls with four hits to fence while lower order Kaushal Tambe made an unbeaten 11 runs off 18 balls hitting the only six for his team. Ripon Mondal of Bangladesh bowled superbly to grab four wickets for 31 runs in his nine over spell with a maiden while Tamzim Hasan Sakib took the remaining wicket giving away 34 runs. Earlier, sent in to bat first,Bangladesh U-19 team were bundled out cheaply for 111 runs in 37.1 overs to give an easy passage  for India to reach semifinal . Bangladesh faced initial batting collapse losing top three wickets--- Mofijul Islam (2), Iftakher Hossain(1) and Prantik Nawrose Nabil (7) -- for just 14 runs in 7. 4 overs. At one stage, Bangladesh were struggling for 56 for 7 in 23.4 overs losing  the wickets of captain Rakibul Hasan and reliable batter Aich Mollah. But, SM Meherob pairing with Ashiqur Zaman repaired the early damage scoring 50 runs  in the 8th wicket stand and guided the team toward 100 plus runs. Number right batter Meherob contributed 48-ball 30 runs featuring six boundaries while Ashiqur made 29-ball 16 runs with a boundary. Two down Aich Mollah was the another Bangladeshi batter scoring double figure -- 17 runs off 48 balls --hitting the only six of the innings. Left arm pacer Ravi Kumar made the major damage in Bangladesh innings grabbing three wickets for 14 runs in seven overs with a maiden and was adjudged man of the match. Read: U-19 World Cup: Bangladesh to play India Saturday Vicky Ostwal took  two wickets for 25 runs in nine overs also with a maiden. The Young Tigers, led by Akbar Ali, clinched their first ever Under-19 World Cup crown beating India by three wickets in the final in South Africa in 2020. But, the performances of Rakibul Hasan- led  Bangladesh U-19 team was not up to the mark this time. as they were eliminated from the Youth Asia Cup losing to India in the semifinal in Sharjah recently . Moreover, they made a frustrating start in the ongoing  U-19 World Cup losing to England by seven wickets in the opening  match. However, Bangladesh reached the quarterfinal as the group runners-up beating Canada by eight wickets and UAE by nine wickets.

Defending champions Bangladesh will play four times champion and last times runners-up India in the super league quarterfinal of the ICC Under-19 World Cup Cricket at North Sound in West Indies on Saturday. The match will kick-off at 7 pm (Bangladesh time).  Read: U-19 World Cup: Bangladesh march to Super League Quarter Finals The Young Tigers, led by Akbar Ali, clinched their first ever Under-19 World Cup crown beating India by three wickets in the final in South Africa in 2020. But, the performances of Rakibul Hasan- led  Bangladesh team was not up to the mark this time as they were miserably eliminated from the Youth Asia Cup Cricket losing to India by 103 runs in the semifinal in Sharjah, just ahead of the ongoing U-19 World Cup.  Moreover, they made a frustrating start in the ongoing  U-19 World Cup losing to England by seven wickets in the opening  match. However, Bangladesh reached the quarterfinal as the group runners-up beating Canada by eight wickets and the UAE  by nine wickets. Read:U-19 World Cup: Big win for Bangladesh against Canada The encouraging side of Bangladesh team is that they emerged unbeaten champion in the three- team youth cricket of India held in Kolkata few months back. Moreover Bangladesh team got enough time for preparations ahead of Saturday's quarterfinal. In the Under-19 Cricket, Bangladesh and India played each other on 24 occasions where India in upper hand by winning 19 matches against Bangladesh’s four . The rest match ended in no result.

Bangladesh suffered a big defeat against England in their first match of the ongoing ICC U-19 World Cup on Sunday in West Indies.  Bangladesh won the toss and suffered a collapse while batting first. They had put only 97 runs on the board. In reply, England chased the target of 98 in only 25.1 overs losing three wickets and made a great start in the event.  Read:U-19 World Cup: Bangladesh lose openers early Ripon Mondol, Bangladesh’s number 11, scored the highest runs of 33 for the team. Apart from him, only two others were able to reach a double-digit score.  One of the first seven batters was able to reach a double-digit score. They failed to negotiate the England pacers well.  For England, right-arm pacer Joshua Boyden bagged four wickets conceding 16 runs.  England lost two wickets inside 26 runs, but they were never out of the contest. Despite losing early wickets, the top-order of England was steady, and they eventually sealed the game without much fuss from the Bangladeshi bowlers. In their next two group stage matches, Bangladesh will take on Canada and United Arab Emirates on January 20 and 22 respectively.  Bangladesh are the current champions of the ICC U-19 World Cup. In the previous edition of the World Cup, they beat India in the final to clinch their maiden title. Right before the World Cup, Bangladesh became the runners up in the U-19 Asia Cup contest. They lost the final to India.  Read:Sylhet Sunrisers recruit Lindl Simmons However, in the campaign aiming to keep the title in their grab, Bangladesh failed to make a good start to the World Cup. Canada and the United Arab Emirates are comparably easy opponents for Bangladesh.  If the Junior Tigers can beat them, they can still qualify for the next phase of the World Cup.  Apart from Bangladesh, the other teams of this U-19 World Cup are Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, England, India, Ireland, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, West Indies, and Zimbabwe.

In their first match of the U-19 World Cup, Bangladesh lost their openers early against England. The match started at 7 p.m. (Bangladesh time) in Basseterre, the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Read: U-19 World Cup: Bangladesh to start campaign taking on England Sunday Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first but the openers failed to impress with the bat as they departed within seven overs.  Mahfijul Islam scored three while the other opener Ariful Islam scored three. Both of them fell to Joshua Boyden.  Bangladesh are the current champions of the U-19 World Cup. In the previous edition of the U-19 World Cup, Bangladesh beat India in the final and clinched the title for the first time. Read:U-19 World Cup: Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 155 runs in lone warm up match In the next two matches of the group stage, Bangladesh will take on Canada and the United Arab Emirates.  Right before the World Cup, Bangladesh took part in the U-19 Asia Cup. They ended up the event as the runners up. India won the Asia Cup beating the Tigers in the final.

Holders Bangladesh will start their campaign in 16-team ICC Under-19 World Cup’ 2022 taking on England in their first match on Sunday at Warner Park in St Kitts. The match will kick-off in the West Indies city at 7 pm (Bangladesh time). The 16-team ICC Under-19 World Cup Cricket’2022 began on Friday  with Sri Lanka and Australia making good start. Sri Lanka (218 all out) beat Scotland (178 all out) by 40 runs in a Group D match at Georgetown while Australia (170/4) defeated hosts West Indies (169 all out) by six wickets in another Group D match at Province.  Also read: Cricket Qualifier for 2022 Commonwealth Games: Bangladesh Women’s team to start Campaign on January 18      Bangladesh, which was placed in four-team Group A with England, Canada and the UAE, will play Canada on January 20 and UAE on January 22, both at Warner Park in St Kitts in their remaining group matches. Earlier in the lone warm-up, the Young Tigers earned a convincing 155- run victory over Zimbabwe under D/L method in a rain affected match at Warner Park in St Kitts last Tuesday. In the match, Bangladesh opened the innings first and piled up a comfortable 277 runs for all in 49.5 overs featuring 82 runs by Aich Mollah, 40 runs by Ariful Islam, 39 runs by Ripon Mondal, 36 runs by captain Rakibul Hasan and 33 runs by Mohammad Fahim. Connor Mitchell was the most successful among the Zimbabwean bowlers grabbing four wickets conceding 30 runs while Mathew Schonken took two wickets for 48 runs. Chasing a revised target of 256 runs, Zimbabwe were forced to fold their innings at 110 runs in 35.2 over to suffer a huge defeat.  Also read: Independence Cup: Central and South Zone march to final Steven Saul (39), Tashinga Makoni (22), Brian Bennett (12), and Connor Mitchell (10) were the notable scorers for Zimbabwe . Naimur Rahman captured three wickets for 18 runs while Ariful Islam and Abdullah Al Mamun took two wickets each conceding 6 and 15 runs respectively.

With the ICC Under-19 World Cup triumph beating India in the final last year, Bangladesh tasted their maiden World Cup in any level of international cricket, which prompted them to think more seriously about the next edition of the event. 

The cricketers were supposed to enjoy their games in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, but instead they are passing idle time at home due to the shutdown to tackle coronavirus.

The Burichang Upazila Administration and Upazila Parishad jointly accorded a reception to U-19 World Cup winning cricketer Mahmudul Hasan here at upazila auditorium Saturday afternoon.

The Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket Team, which clinched the U-19 World Cup title for the first time, will return home on Wednesday afternoon.

Though the newfound cricket star is still in South Africa, the home of Shoriful Islam, a member of the Bangladesh U-19 Cricket Team, at Nogordanga village in Debiganj upazila is abuzz with waves of celebrations.   People in their hundreds are visiting his home to share their feelings on the Junior Tigers’ stunning victory clinching the U-19 World Cup trophy.   Bangladesh became the champions beating India by three wickets in the nail-biting final at Potchefstroom, South Africa on Sunday.  Photo:Collected