India clinched the Under 19 Asia Cup title in a dramatic fashion – beating Bangladesh by five runs – in Colombo on Saturday (September 14).
The Men in Blue were bundled for 106 as Mrittunjoy Chowdhury and Shamim Hossain picked up three wickets each. Atharva Ankolekar, the left-arm spinner, fashioned the thrilling win with a five-wicket haul as the Banglade🎐sh innings huffed and puffed for 33 overs.
This is India’s seventh triumph in the continental tournament for junior cricketers.
Brief scores: India Under-19 106 in 32.4 overs (Karan Lal 37; Shamim Hoꦍ🧔ssain 3-8) beat Bangladesh Under-19101 in 33 overs (Atharva Ankolekar 5-28) by five runs.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
7th U19 Asia Cup title for India. Second in a row!🦄
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
Under-19 Asia Cup winners:
1989: India
2003: India
2012: India & Pakistan (shared)
2014: India
2016: India
2017: Afghanistan
2018: India
2019: IndiaIndia U19 beat Ban U19 in the U19 A⛄sia Cup final today by 5 runs, defending their first innings totಌal of 106.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Congrats Team India U19 on a closely f🌼ought victory at the Asia U💟p final 🏆
— Jonathan Vaz (@JonathanVaz69)
Current Asian Cricket Championships
Men's : Winner : India, Runners Up : Bangladesh
Women : Winner : Bangladesh, Runnersup : India
Under 19 : Winner : India, Runn൲e꧂rsup : Bangladesh.— বাংলার ছেলে 🇧🇩 (@iSoumikSaheb)
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Lowest aggregate by India's Top 3 in a Youth ODI:
3 runs vs NZ, 2012
4 runs vs PAK, 2006 U19 CWC final
6 runs vs BAN, 2019 U19 Asia Cup final— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
From 😨 to 💪
📸Tꦺhe final few moments of a nerve-wrackin𝓰g final!
— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1)
Defending Champions India U19 hold their ne༒rve and seal a thrilling 5 run win over Bangladesh in U19 Asia Cup final. We are p🌊roud of you boys! ✌✌
— BCCI (@BCCI)
🇮🇳 WHAT A WIN! The India U-19 team win a thriller a🐠gainst Bangladesh U-19 in the Asia Cup final by 5 runs.
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
That's some stat.. Dominating..
— JD (@joselvd)
Wow WAT A MATCH champs
good spirit from BAN te꧅am too.. winning moment𒈔s 🤩— Deep (@dvdeepkumar)