The Under 19 World Cup organized by the International Cricket Council is going on. This year's Under 19 World Cup is being held with the participation of 16 teams. The first group stage match has already taken place. 12 teams from the first group fight have qualified for the second group stage fight. However, the United States of America, Scotland, Namibia, and Afghanistan were eliminated from the first group stage. The elimination of Afghanistan from the first group stage was very unexpected!
After the first group stage, the battle for the second group stage is also quite intense. In the semi-final battle, India qualified for the semi-final from the first group, but the name of the second team has not been confirmed yet. As the second team from this group, Bangladesh and Pakistan have survived to the semi-finals. The two will face each other in their last match. There is no option for Bangladesh to win against the team as Pakistan is leading in the run rate In addition, the Bangladesh team must beat Pakistan by a good margin to qualify for the semi-finals.
The Bangladesh team, the champions of the last U-19 World Cup, is determined to continue their performance this time. However, as a result of the loss against India, the Bangladesh team lost two valuable points and fell behind. However, the team kept their semi-final hopes alive with a win over Nepal in the last match. Bangladesh won by five wickets against Nepal.
The last match between Bangladesh and Nepal was played at Oval Cricket Stadium in South Africa. The Nepal team won the toss and decided to bat at the beginning of this match. Their main aim was to bat first and set a good target against Bangladesh. However, due to the extraordinary bowling performance of the Bangladeshi bowlers, the Nepal team was not able to implement their plan. Nepal's first innings was stopped at 169 runs by Bangladeshi pacers Barshan and Parvez Rahman's extraordinary bowling performance. In this match, Bangladesh performed with the ball, but the performance of the team in fielding was disappointing.
The Bangladesh team had no choice but to win this match to keep the hope of the semi-finals alive. The main goal was to win as quickly as possible. So from the beginning, Bangladesh batsmen started batting with an aggressive attitude. However, the most successful batsman of Bangladesh in this tournament, Ashiqur Rahman Shibli, could not perform well with the bat, but with the amazing batting of Jisan Alam and Ariful Islam, the Bangladesh team reached the target by losing 5 wickets in 25.2 overs. In addition to the valuable two points in this victory, the run rate difference between Bangladesh and Pakistan also decreased.
Will Bangladesh be able to get a good win against Pakistan in the last match? Will you be able to bring back the best moments of the 2019 World Cup? But it will not be easy for Bangladesh to win against the strong Pakistan. However, as a general audience, we can expect!
Bangladesh Cricket : The Tigers