Highlights, India vs Bangladesh U19 World Cup 2020, Final, Full cricket score: Bangladesh win by three wickets, lift maiden trophy

Akbar Ali is Player of the Match for his captaincy and match-winning unbeaten 43. 

Akbar Ali: When I came in, we needed partnership. We did not want to lose wickets. The planning was simple. We knew that India are a challenging side and it was going to be difficult chase. I am a person who wants to keep things simple. I was not getting enough chance earlier in the tournament.

They surely have!

Under-19 World Cup winner in each edition:

1987/88 : Australia
1997/98 : England
1999/00 : India
2001/02 : Australia
2003/04 : Pakistan
2005/06 : Pakistan
2007/08 : India
2009/10 : Australia
2012 :      India
2013/14 : South Africa
2015/16 : West Indies
2017/18 : India
2020 : Bangladesh*

After 42 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 169/7 ( Akbar Ali 43 , Rakibul Hasan 8)

Bangladesh need just one run from 24 balls as per the revised DLS target. Ankolekar returns and he starts with a flighted delivery and Rakibul Hasan chipped it over mid-wicket for a single.

VICTORY FOR BANGLADESH! 

Bangladesh have clinched their maiden U-19 title. They have outclassed India in every department of the game.

After 42 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 169/7 ( Akbar Ali (C) (W) 43 , Rakibul Hasan 8)

Sushant Mishra into his seventh over. Bowling tight lines this over but pitches the fourth delivery wide outside off — which gets smacked for a four by Rakibul.Six runs off the over.

Oh, they have been absolutely brilliant!

After 41 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 163/7 ( Akbar Ali (C) (W) 42 , Rakibul Hasan 3)

Spinner Atharwa Ankolekar is out for his fourth over. Nervous faces in the Indian and Bangladeshi camps. He’s bowling tight lines this over and the batsmen are circumspect. Just the one run from Ankolekar’s over. Bangladesh need 15 runs in 54 balls.

DLS par score for Bangladesh:

After 41 overs:

Wickets down 7 : 145
Wickets down 8 : 157
Wickets down 9 : 169 

After 42 overs:

Wickets down 7 : 147
Wickets down 8 : 157
Wickets down 9 : 169 

After 43 overs:

Wickets down 7 : 149
Wickets down 8 : 158
Wickets down 9 : 169

After 40 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 162/7 ( Akbar Ali (C) (W) 41 , Rakibul Hasan 3)

Jaiswal, India’s top-scorer, back for his third over. The match has all the makings of a thrilling final. Couple of runs on the fourth delivery from the blade of skipper Akbar. Meanwhile, it has started to drizzle. Five runs off the over. Bangladesh need 16 runs in 60 balls.

After 39 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 157/7 ( Akbar Ali (C) (W) 37 , Rakibul Hasan 2)

Atharva Ankolekar into the attack for his second over. He struggled to get his lengths right in the first two overs. But here he starts off well with a good length delivery, a dot. Ali looks to run the third delivery towards third man for a boundary but misses. Akbar gets off the mark on the last delivery and will take strike in the next over. Three runs off the over.

DLS par score for Bangladesh:

After 39 overs:

Wickets down 7 : 143
Wickets down 8 : 156
Wickets down 9 : 169 

After 40 overs:

Wickets down 7 : 144
Wickets down 8 : 157
Wickets down 9 : 169

After 38 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 154/7 ( Akbar Ali (C) (W) 34 , Rakibul Hasan 2)

Akash Singh steams in. Starts off with two dots against Akbar Ali. Both of the deliveries were pitched on good length. Meanwhile, 150 is up for Bangladesh in this over. Bowls the fourth one wide outside off and the ball bounces over the keeper’s head for a boundary. Five runs off the over.

After 37 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 149/7 ( Akbar Ali (C) (W) 33 , Rakibul Hasan 2)

Kartik Tyagi returns to bowl his last over. Starts off with a yorker, a dot delivery.Pitches the second one short and Rakibul taps it to cover point for a single which gets Akbar Ali on strike. The fourth one was overpitched and Akbar played a beautiful cover drive but there was excellent fielding on display from Jaiswal, who dived towards his right at covers. Two runs off it. Tyagi goes wicketless and concedes 33 from his quota.

DLS par score for Bangladesh:

After 36 overs:

Wickets down 7 : 141
Wickets down 8 : 156
Wickets down 9 : 169 

After 37 overs:

Wickets down 7 : 142
Wickets down 8 : 156
Wickets down 9 : 169 

After 38 overs:

Wickets down 7 : 142
Wickets down 8 : 156
Wickets down 9 : 169

After 36 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 147/7 ( Akbar Ali (C) (W) 32 , Rakibul Hasan 1)

Akash Singh steams in and beats Rakibul on the first delivery of the over. Justing putting in that extra effort here and the third delivery is signalled wide by the umpire for going over the batsmen’s head. The fourth one is a wide too, it drifts down leg. Rakibul guides the fourth delivery off the over towards third man for a single. Good over apart from the three wides in the over.Just four runs off it.

Extras may hurt India in the end!

Best bowling figures by spinners in Under-19 World Cup finals:

4/8 : Piyush Chawla v Pak U19, Colombo (RPS), 2006
4/30 : Ravi Bishnoi v Ban U19, Potchefstroom, 2020*
3/16 : Ravindra Jadeja v Pak U19, Colombo (RPS), 2006

After 35 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 143/7 ( Akbar Ali (C) (W) 32 , Rakibul Hasan 0)

Kartik Tyagi returns for his ninth over. Straight away, he starts searching for yorkers, doing just what the situation demands at the moment. Maiden over. Bangladesh need 35 runs in 90 balls.

After 34 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 143/7 ( Akbar Ali (C) (W) 32 , Rakibul Hasan 0)

Bishnoi back for his last over. Let’s see what he can do here as a lot depends on India’s prolific leggie.There are two slips waiting for the outside edge from Bishnoi’s googlies. He comes around the wicket for his final delivery but fails to pick up a wicket. But tidy stuff from him, a maiden over there. Bangladesh need 35 runs from 96 balls.

After 33 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 143/7 ( Akbar Ali (C) (W) 32 , Rakibul Hasan 0)

Kartik Tyagi into his eighth over. Starts off with two dots, both good length deliveries. He asks for slips before his third delivery, probably looking to induce a false shot or an edge from Akbar, who is the only recognised batsmen who can take Bangladesh past the finish line. Maiden over from Tyagi.

After 32 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 143/7 ( Akbar Ali (C) (W) 32 , )

Jaiswal into his second over. Huge responsibilty on him here. Good job from him as the Bangladesh batsmen could only rotate strike in the over and more importantly, removed Parvez Emon on the final delivery of his over. Two runs of the over. The gamble pays off.

OUT! The game swings in India’s favour. Googly outside off stump from Jaiswal and Emon smacked that straight to Akash Singh at cover. Emon played a fighting hand of 47. He would have loved to get Bangladesh past the finish line.Bringing in Yashasvi Jaiswal — the gamble has worked for India. 

Parvez Hossain Emon c Akash Singh b Jaiswal 47(79)

After 31 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 141/6 ( Parvez Hossain Emon 46 , Akbar Ali (C) (W) 31)

Bishnoi back for his second last over. The second delivery is a googly — Parvez moved across the stumps to counter spin, he got a thich edge which escaped slip and third man for a four. Five runs off it.

After 30 overs,Bangladesh Under-19 136/6 ( Parvez Hossain Emon 41 , Akbar Ali (C) (W) 31)

Brave move to bring in part time leg-break bowler Jaiswal at this moment. Bangladesh would want to make the most of this over — even more now that dark clouds are visible and they would want to be ahead with the DLS method in sight. Jaiswal concedes a four off his last delivery.