Bangladesh stun holder South Africa in U-19 WC

Virat Kohli captained the India side to a trophy in 2008, and Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel have all featured as teenagers in the tournament.

Pinak and Joyraz Sheik (46) then played some dazzling shots in a 44-run second wicket stand to give the hosts a good platform but they failed to stay long at the crease.

Two rounds of warm-up matches for all the teams produced eight centuries and eight hauls of five wickets or more to raise prospects of exciting contests ahead.

The strength of the Indian team can be gauged by the fact that five of their players have already played first-class cricket and one has played T20 cricket for the senior state team.

The absence of Australia, who pulled out citing security reasons, increase India’s chances by manifold as the cricket-crazy nation always has had a fair chance in the age-group events.

It was hard to score runs on this kind of surface, which was perfectly suited to the Bangladeshi slow bowlers and South Africa struggled from the very beginning of the chase.

The seven non-Test-playing nations are determined to stand up and be counted as well, especially fast-improving Afghanistan, which finished seventh two years ago and is aiming to progress even further in the tournament.

“On behalf of the BlackCaps, I want to wish good luck to the New Zealand side at the Under-19 World Cup”.

The question, however, is if that thrust will be enough to get Bangladesh out of the way before it lins -up against Scotland and Namibia in Group A.

His patient 146-ball 100 in pursuit of 241 could not mask that the three-time finalist was outplayed thoroughly with both bat and ball to suffer its first defeat against Bangladesh in the competition.

Nazmul insisted his team will not relax after beating South Africa. “On the day, it will just come down to who wants it more”. “It will help us in the matches”.

SA Under-19, the defending champion stumbled to a 43-run loss at the hands of Bangladesh Under-19 in a Group A match of the Under-19 World Cup.

“We are confident”, said Pakistan captain Gohar Hafeez. “If we win the group, the pressure will ease a lot”. All of the India matches will be available live online.

England and Bangladesh cruised to wins on the first day of the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2016 in Bangladesh on Wednesday (January 27).

“It has been a very exciting process”, he had said in the lead up to the World Cup. In the 5th wicket Smith pairing with Dayaan Galiem contributed 52 runs in 13.3 overs to carry the team total to 112/5 in 33.4 overs from 60/4 in 20.1 overs before AD Galiem was bowled out by Saeed Sarkar. We use cookies to improve your browsing experience.

Watch the Free Live Streaming of Bangladesh vs South Africa, ICC Under-19 World Cup match Shere-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday. The semi-finals and the finals will have reserve days.