The Bangladesh cricket group is at present on a sensational run of kind through the ongoing U19 Asia Cup 2023. The Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby-led facet gained all three of their group stage matches after which went on to defeat India within the semi-finals. Bangladesh had been in a position to prohibit India to a complete of 188 after which adopted it up with a disciplined batting efficiency to clinch the encounter. Bangladesh approached the chase with a calculated sport plan and a variety of credit score for that goes to batting advisor Wasim Jaffer. The previous Indian cricket group opener has been serving because the Bangladesh U-19 cricket group’s batting advisor for the previous couple of years and his influence is kind of obvious.
“I’ve obtained as a lot data as they’ve, however I do know just a little bit extra concerning the Indian group. We performed India in a quadrangular sequence simply earlier than coming right here. So we performed towards these guys and the boys know concerning the Indian group and that have has helped them,” he informed Gulf Information.
Following the victory, Jaffer additionally took to social media to congratulate the Bangladesh cricketers.
Properly accomplished boys, nice effort from the group to beat India within the semis. Onto the Finals now! #INDvBAN #U19AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/YSTi2ptd18
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) December 16, 2023
Coming to the match, Ariful Islam‘s counter-punching fifty and a fiery spell by left-arm pacer Maruf Mridha helped Bangladesh rating a facile four-wicket win over India.
On a barely double-paced pitch, Indian batters struggled to get going earlier than getting bundled out for 188 in 42.4 overs, with Musheer Khan (50) and Murugan Abhishek (62) doing all of the scoring for them.
Maruf took 4 for 41 to offer early jolts to India within the second semifinal.
Regardless of some jitters, Bangladesh went over the road fairly comfortably in 42.5 overs with Islam (94 off 90 balls) defending the Indian cost with an attractive innings.
Nonetheless, Maruf kickstarted India’s poor day with an excellent opening spell.
The pacer discovered some bounce and swing upfront to scale back India to 13 for 3 inside seven overs. Openers Adarsh Singh, Arshin Kulkarni and captain Uday Saharan returned with out troubling the scorers a lot.
However Musheer and Abhishek shared an 84-run alliance for the seventh-wicket to rescue India from a precarious 61 for six.
They batted fairly fluently and Musheer introduced up his fifty off 59 balls with a single long-off Mahfuzur Rahman.
Abhishek clobbered Sheikh Jibon for an enormous six over long-off to carry his fifty in 64 balls.
Nonetheless, each the batters departed with out constructing additional as India sank to a modest complete.
In reply, Bangladesh too made a shaky begin and had been 34 for 3 in 9.4 overs.
However Islam discovered an in a position alley in Ahrar Amin (44 off 101 balls) because the duo milked 138 runs for a cussed fourth wicket stand to peg India again.
(With PTI inputs)
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