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 Bangladesh 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 Hossain 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! #U19AsiaCup
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) September 14, 2019
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 Asia Cup final today by 5 runs, defending their first innings total of 106.#U19AsiaCup
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) September 14, 2019
Congrats Team India U19 on a closely fought victory at the Asia Up final 🏆#U19AsiaCup #BCCI #Champions
— Jonathan Vaz (@JonathanVaz69) September 14, 2019
Current Asian Cricket Championships
Men's : Winner : India, Runners Up : Bangladesh
Women : Winner : Bangladesh, Runnersup : India
Under 19 : Winner : India, Runnersup : Bangladesh.#U19AsiaCup #U19AsiaCup2019— বাংলার ছেলে 🇧🇩 (@iSoumikSaheb) September 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/dundee_24/status/1172821362999562240
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#INDU19vBANU19 #U19AsiaCup— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) September 14, 2019
From 😨 to 💪
📸The final few moments of a nerve-wracking #U19AsiaCup final!#BANvIND pic.twitter.com/kgNhRcMoIY
— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) September 14, 2019
Defending Champions India U19 hold their nerve and seal a thrilling 5 run win over Bangladesh in U19 Asia Cup final. We are proud of you boys! ✌✌ pic.twitter.com/Lo6j32Cfte
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 14, 2019
🇮🇳 WHAT A WIN! The India U-19 team win a thriller against Bangladesh U-19 in the Asia Cup final by 5 runs.#U19AsiaCup #BANvIND #bharatarmy #teamindia #COTI #indiancricket #indiancricketteam #lovecricket #cricket pic.twitter.com/L6zfWqbktY
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy) September 14, 2019
That's some stat.. #U19AsiaCup #U19AsiaCup2019 #India Dominating.. pic.twitter.com/VuS83h51YQ
— JD (@joselvd) September 14, 2019
Wow WAT A MATCH #India #U19AsiaCup champs #IndvBan
good spirit from BAN team too.. winning moments 🤩 pic.twitter.com/nL89szYNF6— Deep (@dvdeepkumar) September 14, 2019