A brilliant century by Prantik Nawrose Nabil helped touring Young Tigers to beat hosts Indian B team by 113 runs in the Indian three-team Under-19 Cricket Series held in Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday. Bangladesh boys batted first after winning the toss and piled up a huge total of 305 runs for 6 in stipulated 50 overs. Read: Dhaka Test: Bangladesh, Pakistan teams return from Chattogram Nabil scored a ton making 101 runs off 108 balls hitting 14 boundaries, SM Meherob made a half century scoring an unbeaten 70 runs off 48 balls while Iftakhar Hossain contributed 75=ball 57 runs for the Young Tigers. Koushal Tambe grabbed two wickets for 43 runs while Gautam took one for 19. In reply, Indian B team were all out for 192 in 45.3 overs with Koushal Tambe making 42, Fiaz 27 and Gosai 27 runs. Ariful Islam made major damage in Indian innings claiming four wickets 22 runs while Naimur Rahman Nayan took two wickets for 34 runs.

Due to the recent surge of Covid-19 cases in the country, the Under-19 cricket series between Bangladesh and Pakistan has been postponed indefinitely, confirmed Bangladesh Cricket Board CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury. In this tour, Pakistan U-19 was scheduled to play a four-day and five one-day matches against their Bangladeshi counterparts. Also read: BCB eyes long-term plan to prepare U-19 cricketers for future “We have been in continuous communication with the Pakistan board. We will host the series at a convenient time in the coming months,” he told the reporters on Saturday. “It’ll possible when we get a situation to host an international team, and we obviously try to host them as early as possible,” he further added. Also read: World champion U-19 cricketers to get Tk1 lakh each per month A weeklong lockdown to curb the transmission of Covid-19 was imposed in Bangladesh on April 5 which will come to an end on Sunday. But it apparently is proved to be ineffective as it was unplanned as according to the expert. The government had to backtrack some decisions during the lockdown. Now, the authority has announced that a stricter lockdown will be enforced from April 14 when except for some emergency services, everything will remain closed.