Touring Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team suffered 4th consecutive defeat in the five-match Youth ODI series losing to hosts Sri Lanka by one wicket with three balls remaining at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Saturday. Earlier, Bangladesh youth side suffered 42-run defeat against the Lankans in the first match, conceded a narrow one-run defeat in the 2nd match and a three- wicket defeat in the 3rd match to lose series 0-3. Bangladesh will play their 5th and last match on Monday (Oct 25) at the same venue.    In the day’s match, visiting Bangladesh team opened the innings first after winning the toss and scored 224 for 8 in stipulated 20 overs, featuring two half centuries  by captain SM Meherob and Ariful Islam. Read: Youth ODI: Bangladesh lose series opener against Sri Lanka After the dismissal of the top four batters-- opener Mahfijul Islam (34), Iftikher Hossain (11), Prantik Nowrose Nabil (1) and Aich Mollah (37)  —for 109 runs in 27.4  overs, captain SM Meherob pairing with Ariful Islam contributed  81 runs in the 5th wicket stand. Captain SM Meherob scored 52 runs off 71 balls hitting four boundaries while Ariful Islam made 50 runs off 67 balls featuring three fours. Tahjibul Islam quickfired 13-ball 21 runs. Dunith Wellalage grabbed four wickets for 45 runs.  In reply, Sri Lanka reached their target scoring match-winner 225 for 9 with three balls to spare with number six batter Raveen De Silva hammering 88 runs off 100 balls with nine hits to the fence and one over the fence. Read: Youth ODI series: Afghanistan win last match vs Bangladesh Besides, Shevon Danial (32), Pawan Pathiraja (26) and Vinuja Rampul (23) were the main scorers for the Lankan. Mushfiq Hasan claimed three wickets for 39 runs while Ahsan Habib took two for 44 runs.

Bangladesh U-19 team will play touring Afghanistan U-19 side in the 4th match of the five -match Youth ODI Series at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday.  The match will kick-off at 9 am (Bangladesh time). The Young Tigers, which smartly clinched the series 3-0 with two matches to spare crushing the tourists by a massive 122 runs in the 3rd match last Tuesday featuring a century by Aich Mollah, now keep their birds eyes to the 4th match to make a passage for whitewashing the Afghans.  Also read: T20I Allrounder Ranking: Nabi dethrones Shakib Bangladesh U-19 team earned the feat following the footprints of their seniors, who smartly won three consecutive T20 series against mighty Australia, and New Zealnad on home soil and an away series against Zimbabwe very recently. Earlier, hosts Bangladesh team took 1-0 lead in the five-match series beating Afghanistan team by 16 runs in the first match and consolidated their claim to win the series beating the visitors by three wickets with 161 balls to spare in the 2nd match last  Sunday. Bangladesh U-19 team will play the remaining Youth ODI match on Sept 19, also at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet. Also read: Aich Mollah's century guide Bangladesh to clinch Youth ODI series beating Afghanistan by 121 runs The Young Tigers will also play a one-off Youth Test against their Afghan counterpart from Sept 22-25 at the same venue.    

Shamim Hossain was one of Bangladesh's best performers during his U-19 cricketing days. He was picked for the primary squad of the Bangladesh U-19 team for World Cup 2018 but was overlooked in the main tournament.  The all-rounder's wait for playing in the U-19 World Cup ended in 2020 when he and Bangladesh lifted the title of the event for the first time, beating India. Shamim could not do much for the team in the World Cup with the bat but was one of the best fielders of the tournament.  Despite the pandemic, Shamim kept himself fit and ready to do well whenever a chance arrives. In the Bangabandhu T20 League, which took place later last year, he won the best fielder's award. The all-rounder also proved his batting prowess during the death overs over the last two years.

The Clemon Cricket Academies hails Bangladeshi cricketers who clinched the ICC U-19 World Cup’2020 title for the first time beating their next door arch-rivals India in the final in South Africa recently. 

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