India U19 Beat Bangladesh U19 To Clinch Asia Cup, Twitter Erupts

The under-19 Indian National Cricket Team has successfully managed to seal a victory in the low-scoring affair on Saturday to lift the Asia Cup by beating Bangladesh. The final match saw the bowlers from either side ruling the roost. Atharva Ankolekar was the star for India, who bagged a 5-wicket haul.

Initially, it was Dhruv Juvel of India, who won the toss, elected to bat first in the final. However, they didn’t get the ideal start, as Bangladesh new ball bowlers made breathing tough for the batsmen. The openers Suved Parker, Arjun Azad and the number 3 batsman Tilak Varma walked back for cheap scores to their name thus making scorecard read 8/3 on the board.

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Karan Lal, Dhruv Juvel helped India to 106:

However, the skipper Dhruv Juvel and the number 5 batsman Shashwat Rawat stood firm in the middle to avoid further hiccups for the team. Just when things looked settled in the middle for India, Shamim Hossain of Bangladesh delivered a brilliant spell to rattled both the set batsmen in the middle.

Certainly, Bangladesh were on top of the game and were cruising in. Then came the blistering knock from Karan Lal in the end, which pushed India to a respectable tally of 106 runs on the board. Though it was a low total, considering the conditions, the 37-run knock of Karan Lal proved vital in the end.

In reply to the chase, the Indian fast bowlers gave a fantastic start, as they rattled Bangladesh to 16/4 in the powerplay overs. Akash Singh was the wrecker-in-chief, who made things look easy for India. Then it was the show from Atharva Anolekar, who rattled through the middle-order of Bangladesh.

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His incredible 5-wicket haul alongside Sushant Mishra’s timely wicket helped India seal a thriller by 5 runs. Atharva Ankolekar was adjudged as man of the match for his brilliant show with the ball. Meanwhile, Arun Azad takes the man of the series trophy.

Here are a few tweets:

Congratulations @BCCI ??
Team India retains Asia U-19 Championship after defeating @BCBtigers U19 in a thrilling game at Premdasa Stadium, Colombo, Srilanka#HindiDiwas #U19AsiaCup #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/fZPaIuPDtC

— SportsMate (@SportsMate3) September 14, 2019

What an Unbelievable win for India!

Defended 106, another heart break for Bangladesh in the Final!

India wins five run's Asia Cup U19!!!
Congregations Boy's???

India 106 all-out
Bangladesh 101 all-out

#U19AsiaCup2019@BCCI @ICC @imVkohli @virendersehwag @vikrantgupta73 pic.twitter.com/rGcw52MAa9

— Jignesh Tank (@JigneshTank_) September 14, 2019

https://twitter.com/BharathTarak99/status/1172833956070227968

Hello sir
Aaj debate India U19 k win per charcha hona chahiye
@vikrantgupta73 @sports_tak #asksportstak

— Kshitiz.sr ?? (@KshitijSinha15) September 14, 2019

Asia Cup Winners (Most Times)

India – 7
Srilanka – 5
Pakistan – 2

U19 Asia Cup Winners (Most Times)

India – 7*
Pakistan/Afghanistan – 1

Women's Asia Cup Winners (Most Times)

India – 6
Bangladesh – 1

Total Domination – India ??

— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) September 14, 2019

Atharva does it for India U19 with a fifer.
India win the U19 Asia cup beating Bangladesh in a low scoring contest.
India batted first and made 106.
Bowlers did an amazing job.
Good effort from Bangladesh tail at the end.#U19AsiaCup2019 pic.twitter.com/yF8B6tUcLQ

— Akki (@Akki25442251) September 14, 2019

What a thrilling final match between #India and #Bangladesh in the #U19AsiaCup2019!

Indian U19 team defended the target of just 106 runs to win #U19AsiaCup2019Final?#Congratulations team #INDU19 for winning #AsiaCupU19. ? #INDU19vBANU19 @BCCI pic.twitter.com/iaaTckMvDk

— Ashish Sood (@ashishsood_bjp) September 14, 2019

India wins U19 Asia cup. Congratulations to the young brigade. @BCCI @imVkohli @sachin_rt @narendramodi

— Pawan Bhat (@pawanbhat13) September 14, 2019

INDU19 106 (32.4)
BANU19 101-all out (33.0)
When I saw last Indian team was at 84/9 and the match ends with India winning the match by 5 runs. How important were those 22 runs added by the last wicket!
Congratulations to the Indian U19 Team @BCCI #U19AsiaCupFinal

— Sriram (@NaamRaam) September 14, 2019

India win the Asia Cup. Bangladesh, chasing 107, have been bowled our for 101. Young Atharva Ankolekar finishes with 5-28.

— Sreshth Shah (@sreshthx) September 14, 2019

Atharva was the pick of bowlers having figures of 5 for 28, when game was slipping away from India, he provided the breakthrough by taking 9th wkt and followed it up with by bowling out last man.#AtharvaAnkolekar is a STAR !!

— Vivek Royzada (@VRZee) September 14, 2019

What a phenomenal win by #U19AsiaCup #TeamIndia Was a low scoring game and #TeamIndia Totally nailed it… #Atharva bowled a magical spell to win the #U19AsiaCupFinal . Congratulations ? #TeamIndia

— Maulik Patel?? (@imrx_Maulik11) September 14, 2019

Champion .. What a game !
Outstanding performance by India u19.?????#INDvBAN#U19AsiaCup2019#U19AsiaCupFinal

— FANTASY CRICKET TIPS ? (@FantasyCricTeam) September 14, 2019

Wattt a thriller and we are champion. ????#U19AsiaCup #U19AsiaCup2019 #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/JSfj1BFb75

— mojo?? (@dundee_24) 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

And Once Again….#indu19vbanu19 #AsiaCupU19 pic.twitter.com/BX3GRhB3tM

— Babu Bhaiya (@Shahrcasm) September 14, 2019

Since 1986 bangloldesh winning hearts not matches ! #indu19vbanu19

— Veer Zorawar Singh (@RebornVeer) September 14, 2019

It was close game! Well played young tiger ?

Congratulations to young blue cap for wining the Under-19s Asia Cup 2019.

This is the lowest total successfully defended by any team in Youth ODI cricket.#U19AsiaCup2019 #INDU19vBANU19 #AsiaCupU19

— 1x Engineer (@Biswajit_geek) September 14, 2019