One team came out to retain the title. The team was Bangladesh. The other team aimed to regain the title. The team was India. Bangladesh won this battle between the two teams. Bangladesh retained the U-19 Asia Cup title. In the final on Sunday (December 8), they defeated the powerful India by 60 runs. India is the eight-time champion of this tournament!

I will tell you the score of the final first. Bangladesh came out to bat in this final in Dubai after losing the toss. Bangladesh’s innings ended at 198 runs in 49.1 overs. There is no way to call it a very good or big score. But India, while chasing this run, was crushed by the storm of Bangladesh’s pace bowling. India’s innings ended at 139 runs. Bangladesh won the final by a huge margin of 60 runs.

This win-loss tally shows that the final match was completely one-sided. The Indian batters were unable to stand up to Bangladesh’s well-planned and disciplined batting.

Bangladesh’s innings did not start well. Opener Kalam Siddiqui was bowled for just 1 run off 16 balls. Bangladesh captain Azizul Hakim, who was in great form throughout the tournament, also failed to get far in the final. He returned for 16 runs off 28 balls. In the middle order, two batters Mohammad Shihab James and Rizan Hossain took Bangladesh’s innings forward. They added 62 runs for the fourth wicket. This pair gave Bangladesh the courage to take the lead. However, both were set and out. James played an effective innings of 40 runs off 67 balls with 1 six and 3 boundaries. Rizan Hossain deserved his half-century with the way he was playing. But he too returned for 47 runs off 65 balls. Rizan was out by spinner Hardik Raj.