Reports | Brilliant top-order set up tri-series triumph for India U19

Opting to bat, the Bangladesh side put up a respectable total of 261 on the board. The bulk of the scoring for them also came from the top of the order. Opener Parvez Hossain Emon was involved in two fifty-run partnerships, before falling to the left-arm spin of Sushant Mishra for a 64-ball 60.

However, it was the no.3 batsman Mahmudul Hasan who stole the show in the first half of the match with a century to his name. Hasan struck nine fours and one maximum in his 109-run innings, and was the last batsman dismissed with the final ball of the innings. It was Hasan and Shamim Hossain (32) at No.7 that salvaged the team after a middle-order collapse. 

Bangladesh U19’s Rakibul Hasan triggered a mild collapse, picking up both openers in the space of three overs, before No.4 Pragnesh Kanpillewar departed for two. Garg then took control of the chase with a quickfire 73. The skipper struck four fours and two sixes to register his second successive half-century. He was ably assisted by Jurel, whose 109-partnership with the captain took India to 27 runs shy of victory. After Garg fell, Jurel and Tilak Varma (16 off 10 balls) sealed the win and the title easily.