Bangladesh were eliminated from the ICC U-19 Women's T20 World Cup despite beating the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by five wickets in their last Super Six match of Group-1 at the North-West University Ground-1 in South Africa's Potchefstroom Wednesday. After Group-1 Super Six matches, India, Australia, South Africa and Bangladesh secured six points each from four matches. But India (2,844) and Australia (2,210) made the semi-final with a better run rate than Bangladesh (1,226) and South Africa (0.374). In today's match, the UAE folded for 69-9 in the stipulated 20 overs after choosing to bat first. Only Lavanya Keny (29) and Mahika Gaur (17) reached double digits. Rabeya Khan grabbed three wickets for 14 runs in her four-over spell; all-rounder Marufa Akter claimed two wickets for 16 runs in four overs. Chasing 70, Bangladesh scored 73-5 in 9.1 overs. Shorna Akter top scored 38 runs off 19 balls, with four fours and two sixes. Also, Afia Prottasha scored run-a-ball 15 with three boundaries; Robeya Khan made a 13-ball 14 runs, with two boundaries. Also read: U-19 Women’s World Cup: Bangladesh to play UAE on Wednesday for a semifinal berth Samaira Dharnidharka and Indhuja Nandakumar picked up two wickets for 18 and 34 runs, respectively.  Earlier, Bangladesh reached the Super Six after topping Group A with an unbeaten record, securing six points from three straight matches. They earned a seven-wicket victory over giant Australia, a 10-run win over Sri Lanka and a five-wicket victory over the US. But the young tigresses slipped in the semifinal race after losing their first Super Six match against hosts South Africa by five wickets Saturday.    

Bangladesh Women's Cricket team will play United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the last super-six match of the ICC U-19 Women's T20 World Cup on Wednesday (January 25) at the Absa Puk Oval in Potchefstroom, South Africa to decide a semifinal berth from Group-1.   Bangladesh, the unbeaten champions of Group A, made their semifinal berth difficult after conceding a five-wicket defeat against hosts South Africa in their first super-six match last Saturday (January 21). To assure one of the two semifinal berths from Group-1, Bangladesh has to beat UAE by a huge margin on Wednesday to improve as their three opponents India, Australia and South Africa enjoying a good advantage in points and positive run-rate. India assured the semifinal berth from Group-1 securing six points from all the four matches with a good net run-rate of 2.844, followed by Australia, also with six points from all the four outings, having a net run rate of 2.210. South Africa have secured four points from three matches with a net run rate of 0.508 while Bangladesh bagged also four points from three matches, having a net run rate of 0.251.  South Africa was due to play their remaining super six-match against Sri Lanka Tuesday night (Bangladesh time) while Bangladesh will play their last super-six match against UAE on Wednesday. So, it will be very difficult for Bangladesh to manage one of the two semifinal berths from Group-1 toppling Australia and South Africa   Earlier, Bangladesh clinched the Group A crown with all-win record securing full six points from straight three matches after a creditable seven-wicket victory over giant Australia, 10-run win over Sri Lanka and five wickets victory over USA, but they went down in the semifinal race losing their first super six match against hosts South Africa by five wickets last Saturday.  

Bangladesh U-19 cricket team has qualified for the Super League Quarter Finals of the ongoing ICC U-19 World Cup in the West Indies. They will take on India in their next match on January 29 at North Sound.  In the last group stage match on January 22, Bangladesh beat the UAE by a big margin of nine wickets in DL Method.  Bangladesh won the toss and sent the UAE to bat first who tumbled for 148 in 48.1 overs with Punya Mehra hitting the highest of 43 runs. Dhruv Parashar and captain Alishan Sharafu scored 33 and 23 respectively. READ: U-19 World Cup: Big win for Bangladesh against Canada For Bangladesh, Ripon Mondol bagged three wickets conceding 31 runs in 9.1 overs while Ashiqur Zaman and Tanzim Hasan Sakib scalped two wickets each.  In reply, Bangladesh did not take any risk. They batted steadily and sealed the game with ease. They put up an opening stand of 86 runs— which has set a solid foundation for the Junior Tigers.  Iftakher Hossain fell for 37, but the other opener Mahfijul Islam scored 64 off 69 with six fours and two sixes to guide Bangladesh to a big win. The only wicket Bangladesh lost went to Jash Giyanani. READ: U-19 World Cup: Bangladesh to play Canada on Thursday Bangladesh are the current world champions at the U-19 level. In the last World Cup in South Africa in 2020, Bangladesh beat India in the final to win their maiden cricket World Cup at any level.  Right before this World Cup, Bangladesh lost to India in the final of the U-19 Asia Cup in the UAE. 

Bangladesh have won their first match in the ongoing edition of the U-19 World Cup against Canada by eight wickets in Basseterre, the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The Junior Tigers lost their openers against England at the same venue. They needed to win against Canada to keep their way to the next phase of the event alive.  Canada won the toss and opted to bat first in this match, and they were able to post only 136 runs losing all wickets in 44.3 overs.  READ: Mahmudullah eyes to have a pace-bowling all-rounder in BPL The Canadian batters were unable to come up with resistance against Bangladesh bowlers SM Meherob, an off-spinner, and Ripon Mondol, a right-arm, medium-fast bowler. They took four wickets each, and Ashiqur Zaman took the other two wickets.  For Canada, Anoop Chima, the wicketkeeper-batter, scored 63 while only others were able to reach a double-digit score. They got 15 runs extra — the second-biggest source of their runs after Chima’s 63.  In reply, Bangladesh lost the first wicket inside 26 runs. But Iftakher Hossain posted an unbeaten 61 off 89 balls with seven fours and guided the team to a comfortable win. Prantik Nawrose Nabil scored 33. READ: It’s great to get recognised, says Shakib after being in ICC ODI team of year Parmveer Kharoud and Ethan Gibson took a wicket each for Canada.  Bangladesh will take on the United Arab Emirates in the next match, which is also their last match in the group phase.

Bangladesh earned a convincing 155- run victory over Zimbabwe under D/L method in a rain affected lone warm up match at Warner Park in St Kitts on Tuesday ahead of the ICC Under-19  World Cup Cricket. The 16-team ICC Under-19 World Cup Cricket’2022 will begin in the West Indies on January 14. Bangladesh, which was placed in four-team Group A with England, Canada and UAE, will start their World Cup campaign taking on England in their first match on January 16 at Warner Park in St Kitts. Favored by coin in the day’s warm up match, Bangladesh opened the innings first and piled up a comfortable 277 runs for all in 49.5 overs. It featured an 81-run  4th wicket stand by Aich Mollah and Mohammad Fahim. Number five batter Aich Mollah contributed the match highest run-a-ball 82 hitting five fours and three sixes while wicket keeper Mohammad Fahim scored 38-ball 33 runs with four hits to the boundaries. READ: BCB announces official schedule of BPL  Besides, opener Ariful Islam made 52-ball 40 runs with three fours and one six, lower order Ripon Mondal quickfired 26-ball 39 runs hitting four fours and a six while captain Rakibul Hasan scored 36 runs off 45 balls with three fours and a six, were the main scorers for Bangladesh . Connor Mitchell was the most successful among the Zimbabwean bowler grabbing four wickets 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.  Steven Saul (39), Tashinga Makoni (22), Brian Bennett (12), and Connor Mitchell (10) were the notable scorers for Zimbabwe. READ: Liton earns career-best ranking in Test Naimur Rahman captured three wickets for 18 runs while Ariful Islam and Abdullah Al Mamun  took two wickts each conceding 6 and 15 run respectively.

After winning the first two matches comfortably, the Bangladesh U-19 players are now looking for a series win against Afghanistan U-19 in the third match of the five-match Youth ODI series Tuesday. The match will kick off at 9am Bangladesh time at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. The young Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series, beating Afghanistan by 16 runs in the opening match. They moved one step closer to winning the series, beating the visitors by three wickets in the second match Sunday with 161 balls to spare. READ: Bangladesh continue domination against Afghanistan in U-19 series Bangladesh will play the remaining Youth ODI matches against Afghanistan on September 17 and 19; the lone Test between the two sides will take place during September 22-25 at the same venue. READ: See what we do well, not our errors, Shakib tells fans

Hosts Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team will play against Sri Lanka Under-19 Cricket team in the second match of two-match four-dayer Youth Test series beginning on Saturday (Nov 2) in Khulna. 

Dhaka, Sept 22 (UNB) - Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket Team will leave Dhaka on Monday (Sept 23) morning for Christchurch, New Zealand to play a five-match Youth ODI series against the host team.