Desk Report,
Azizul’s third win thanks to Iqbal-Sanjid’s bowling skills
Youth ODI, each team’s match was supposed to be 100 overs. However, the Bangladesh-Zimbabwe U-19 match in Harare today ended in 38 overs. Winning the toss, the Bangladesh team sent Zimbabwe into bat and bowled them out in 22.3 overs. Then, chasing 89 runs, they reached the target in 15.1 overs.
Azizul’s third win thanks to Iqbal-Sanjid’s bowling skills
Bangladesh won the match, which ended in fewer overs than the T20 match, by 8 wickets. This is the third victory for Bangladesh’s youth in the tri-nation series. With this victory, Azizul Hakim’s team has confirmed its place in the final against South Africa. Bangladesh’s bowlers were the masters of the victory in the match at the Sports Club Ground in Harare. Right-arm pacer Iqbal Hossain took 4 wickets for 27 runs in 6.3 overs. Left-arm spinner Sanjid Majumdar, who started the bowling attack with him, took 2 wickets for 26 runs. In addition, Swadhin Islam took 2 wickets in 1 over at the end.
In the face of Bangladesh’s aggressive bowling, only four Zimbabwe batsmen were able to reach double figures. The highest 26 runs came from the bat of opener Nathaniel Labangana. Brandon Ndiweni, who came out at five, scored 20 runs. Chasing a target of 90 runs for victory, Bangladesh U-19 team lost opener Rifat Baig in the first over. However, Azizul Hakim, who came out at three, managed to handle the blow with Kalam Siddiqui. After Kalam returned to the team’s 39 runs with 20 runs, Azizul went the rest of the way with Rizan Hossain. Azizul remained unbeaten on 47 runs off 49 balls with 6 fours and 1 six. Rizan remained unbeaten on 21 runs with 2 fours and 1 six.
This is Bangladesh’s second win against Zimbabwe in the tri-nation series. Azizul and his team have played a total of four matches so far. They won one of the two against South Africa and lost the other. Bangladesh U-19 team is second in the points table with 6 points from four matches. South Africa also has 6 points after winning three of the four matches. Zimbabwe U-19 team has lost all four matches.
Bangladesh and South Africa will face each other in the final on August 10. Before that, each team has two more matches left. Bangladesh will play against South Africa on August 6 and against Zimbabwe on August 8.
