Bangladesh thrash UAE to win maiden U-19 Asia Cup title

Bangladesh U-19 clinched their maiden U-19 Asia Cup title when they defeated the UAE U-19 by a massive margin of 195 runs in the final at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday (December 17).

The young Tigers dominated with the bat at first by scoring 282-8 in their fifty overs before the bowlers did a tremendous job to skittle out the hosts for 87 runs in 24.5 overs.

Ashiqur Rahman Shibli was once again the star for Bangladesh with the bat as he notched up his second ton in this tournament scoring 129 from 149 balls.

Shibli was assisted by Chowdhury Md Rizwan who scored 60 from 71 balls and Ariful Islam who scored 50 from just 40 balls to help Bangladesh put on a strong total.

In reply to 282, the UAE kept losing wickets from the very beginning. They lost their five wickets inside the 50 mark.

However, the falling of wickets did not stop as they were continuously losing their batters at regular intervals. The host at last ended their innings on 87.