Bangladesh national under-19 cricket team explained

Bangladesh
Coach:	Stuart Law
Captain:	Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby ^[1]
Colors:	Green and Red
Founded:	1997
Ground:	Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi
Capacity:	25,400
Owner:	Bangladesh Cricket Board
First Fc:	v. at Headingley, Leeds; 28–31 July 2004
First La:	v. at Laudium Oval, Pretoria; 12 January 1998
First T20:	v. at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium, Cox's Bazar; 27 January 2019
Title1:	ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Title1wins:	1 (2020)
Title2:	ACC Under-19 Asia Cup
Title2wins:	1 (2023)
Icc Region:	Asia
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The Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team represents the nation of Bangladesh in cricket at Under-19 level.^[2] Known as the Young Tigers, the team has been playing youth official Test match since 2004, and has won the ACC Under-19 Cup in 2023, winning against the United Arab Emirates national under-19 cricket team by 195 runs in the final match. It has won one Under-19 World Cup in 2020.

Current squad

The current squad is announced 26 June 2023 by BCB.^[3]

No	Player	Playing role	Date of birth
1	Mohammad Mahfijul Islam	Batter	10 March 2004
2	Md Prantik Nawrose Nabil	Batter	13 November 2003
3	Aich Mollah	Batter	8 May 2003
4	Ariful Islam	Batter	8 December 2004
5	Md Fahim	Wicketkeeper Batter	10 February 2004
6	Ashiqur Rahman Shibli	Wicketkeeper Batter	1 December 2005
7	Mohammad Rizwan Chowdhury	Batter	3 May 2005
8	Adil Bin Siddique	Wicketkeeper Batter	1 July 2004
9	Ahrar Amin (Captain)	Batting Allrounder	21 October 2004
10	Shihab James	Batter	9 September 2005
11	Naeem Ahmed	Batter	10 May 1998
12	Parvez Hossain Jibon	Bowler	8 October 2004
13	Wasi Siddiqui	Allrounder	6 November 2006
14	Mahfuzur Rahman Rabbi	Bowling Allrounder	8 May 2005
15	Rafi Uzzaman	Bowler	24 December 2006
16	Tanvir Ahamed	Bowler	17 October 2005
17	Rohanat Borson	Bowler	22 May 2005
18	Iqbal Hossain Emon	Bowler	5 December 2006
19	Maruf Mridha	Bowler	15 May 2006

Records & statistics

International match summary-Bangladesh^{[4] [5] [6]}

As of 3 February 2024

Playing records
Format	M	W	L	T	D/NR	Inaugural match
Youth Tests	25	4	7	0	14	28 July 2004
Youth One-Day Internationals	290	172	106	2	10	12 January 1998
Youth Twenty20 Internationals	6	3	3	0	0	27 January 2019

Youth Test statistics

Youth Test record versus other nations.Record complete to Youth Tests #292.Last updated 3 May 2023.^[7]

Opponent	M	W	L	T	D/NR	First match	First win
	1	0	1	0	0	22 September 2021
	8	3	3	0	2	28 July 2004	16 October 2009
	3	0	1	0	2	20 November 2007
	1	0	0	0	1	27 December 2007
	12	1	2	0	9	7 July 2007	16 October 2018

Youth ODI statistics

Youth ODI record versus other nations.Records complete to YODI #1524.Last updated 3 February 2024.^[8]

ICC Full members
Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
	16	8	7	0	1	15 February 2014	15 February 2014
	4	1	2	0	1	4 March 2004	4 March 2004
	42	26	14	1	1	15 January 1998	15 January 1998
	28	6	21	0	1	12 January 2000	24 January 2002
	6	6	0	0	0	22 January 1998	22 January 1998
	10	7	3	0	0	13 January 1998	5 February 2006
	28	12	14	0	2	31 October 2003	31 October 2003
	29	18	11	0	0	27 January 2000	25 November 2005
	56	28	24	0	4	2 November 2003	4 December 2005
	18	12	6	0	0	24 January 1998	24 January 1998
	14	13	1	0	0	23 January 2000	23 January 2000
Associate members
Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
	1	1	0	0	0	18 February 2008	18 February 2008
	5	4	0	1	0	22 January 2002	23 February 2004
	2	2	0	0	0	2 October 2018	2 October 2018
	1	1	0	0	0	25 December 2021	25 December 2021
	3	3	0	0	0	19 January 1998	19 January 1998
align=left		6	6	0	0	0	12 January 1998	12 January 1998
	1	1	0	0	0	11 December 2023	11 December 2023
	4	3	1	0	0	6 February 2002	6 February 2016
	1	1	0	0	0	16 January 2000	16 January 2000
	4	4	0	0	0	20 January 1998	20 January 1998
	1	1	0	0	0	23 June 2012	23 June 2012
	1	1	0	0	0	16 December 2016	16 December 2016
	4	4	0	0	0	17 February 2004	17 February 2004
	3	3	0	0	0	22 January 2022	22 January 2022
	2	2	0	0	0	25 February 2004	25 February 2004
	1	1	0	0	0	26 January 2024	26 January 2024

Youth T20 statistics

Youth T20I record versus other nations.Records complete to YT20I #16. Last updated 17 May 2023.^[9]

Opponent	M	W	L	T	/NR	First match	First win
	3	2	1	0	0	27 January 2019	27 January 2019
	3	1	2	0	0	16 November 2022	16 November 2022

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Team Manager	Sajal Ahmed Chowdhury
Head coach	Stuart Law
Batting Coach	Wasim Jaffer
Bowling Coach	Nazmul Hossain
Fielding Coach	Sohel Islam
Team physio	Muzadded Alpha Sany

Tournament history

U19 World Cup

Bangladesh's U19 World Cup Record
Year	Result
1988	Part of ICC Associates XI
1998	Group stage	9th	16	7	6	1	0	0
2000		10th	16	8	5	2	0	1
2002		11th	16	7	3	3	1	0
2004		9th	16	8	6	2	0	0
2006	Quarter Finals	5th	16	6	5	1	0	0
2008		7th	16	5	3	1	0	1
2010	Group stage	9th	16	6	4	2	0	0
2012	Quarter Finals	7th	16	6	3	3	0	0
2014	Group stage	9th	16	6	5	1	0	0
2016	Semi Finals	3rd	16	6	5	1	0	0
2018	Quarter Finals	6th	16	6	3	3	0	0
2020	Champions	1st	16	6	5	0	0	1
2022	Quarter Finals	8th	16	6	2	4	0	0
2024	Super 6	7th	16	5	3	2	0	0
Total	1 Title			87	59	26	1	2

U19 Asia Cup

Bangladesh’s U19 Asia Cup Record
Year	Result
1989	Did not participate
2003	Group stage	4th	4	3	0	3	0	0
2012		5th	8	3	1	2	0	0
2013–14			8	3	1	2	0	0
2016	Semi Finals	3rd	8	4	3	1	0	0
2017			8	4	3	1	0	0
2018			8	4	2	2	0	0
2019	Runners up	2nd	8	5	3	1	0	1
2021	Semi Finals	3rd	8	4	2	1	0	1
2023	Champions	1st	8	5	5	0	0	0
Total	1 Title			35	20	13	0	2

Honours

ICC

• U19 World Cup

• • Champions (1): 2020

ACC

• U19 Asia Cup

• • Champions (1): 2023
  • Runners-up (1): 2019

Records in Under-19 World Cup

Most career matches

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S/N	Players	Matches	Career Span
1	Aftab Ahmed Ashiqur Rahman Nafees Iqbal	15	2002–2004
2	Hannan Sarkar	14	1998–2002
3	Ashik Chowdhury	12	2010–2012

Most career runs

S/N	Players	Runs	Career Span	Ref
1	Ashik Chowdhury	519	2010–2012	^[11]
2	Liton Das	462	2012–2014
3	Shadman Islam	406	2014–2014

Highest individual runs

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S/N	Players	Highest	Against
1	Anamul Haque	128
2	Shadman Islam	126
3	Towhid Hridoy	122

Most career wickets

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S/N	Players	Wickets	Average
1	Enamul Haque Jr	22	10.18
2	Mehedi Hasan Miraz	19	21.36
3	Rakibul Hasan	16	20.30

Best bowling figures

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S/N	Players	Best bowling	Against
1	Hannan Sarkar	5/15 (10 Overs)	(19 January 2000)
2	Rakibul Hasan	5/19 (9.3 Overs)	(20 January 1998)
3	Tanvirul Islam	5/29 (9.5 Overs)

Lowest team totals

S/N	Totals	Against	Dates
1	41/10, (11.4 Overs)		24 February 2008
2	91/10, (42.5 Overs)		11 January 2002
3	97/10, (35.2 Overs)		16 January 2002

2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup

See main article: 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In the 2020 World Cup, Bangladesh were group champion with 2 wins and a no result where they were placed along with Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Scotland. In the Super league Quarter final, they defeated the host South Africa by 104 runs and defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets in the Semi-final to reach the final for the first ever time.

Final

In the final, India, batting first gathered 177 runs before being all out. In reply, Bangladesh made a flying start as they scored 55 runs losing only a wicket in first 10 overs. Soon Indian leggie Ravi Bishnoi picked up 4 quick wickets as Bangladesh were 102 for 6 from 62/2 at the end of 25 overs. When Bangladesh were 163/7 at the end of 41 overs and the still needing 15 runs to win, rain arrives and the match was reduced to 46 overs with a revised target as per DLS method was 7 runs needing from 30 balls. From thereon, Bangladesh did not take any unnecessary risks and scored the winning run with 23 balls to spare and win their first ever ICC title by 3 wickets.^{[15] [16]}

Team of the finalAkbar Ali (c & wk), Towhid Hridoy (vc), Parvez Hossain Emon, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Tanzid Hasan, Avishek Das, Shahadat Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Shoriful Islam, Rakibul Hasan.

See also

• Bangladesh national cricket team
• Bangladesh women's national cricket team
• Bangladesh A cricket team
• Bangladesh national under-23 cricket team
• Bangladesh women's national under-19 cricket team

External links

• ESPNcricinfo – 2012 Under-19 World Cup

Notes and References

1. https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/cricket/news/brazil-fan-u19-skipper-reveals-reason-behind-messi-celebration-3497656
2. Web site: List of Bangladesh Youth ODI Matches . 2017-10-27 . 2014-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140916095410/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Bangladesh/UOdis/UOdi_List.html . dead .
3. News: Bangladesh U-19 cricket team squad. www.sportskeeda.com. 5 July 2023.
4. Web site: RECORDS / BANGLADESH UNDER-19S / UNDER-19S YOUTH TEST MATCHES / RESULT SUMMARY . . 29 February 2020.
5. Web site: RECORDS / BANGLADESH UNDER-19S / UNDER-19S YOUTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS / RESULT SUMMARY . . 29 February 2020.
6. News: Bangladesh Under-19 team Youth Tests Statistics. 31 March 2023. www.espncricinfo.com. 31 March 2023.
7. Web site: Records / Bangladesh U-19s (Young Cricketers) / Under-19s Youth Test Matches / Result Summary . . 1 March 2020.
8. Web site: Records / Bangladesh Under-19s / Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals / Result Summary . . 1 March 2020.
9. News: Records Bangladesh Under-19s Youth T20I matches/Result Summary. 27 January 2019. ESPNcricinfo. 19 January 2022.
10. News: Individual most matches career. www.espncricinfo.com. 10 July 2023.
11. News: Most runs. www.espncricinfo.com. 10 July 2023.
12. News: Top score by individuals. www.espncricinfo.com. 10 July 2023.
13. News: Most career wickets. www.espncricinfo.com. 10 July 2023.
14. News: Best bowling figures. www.espncricinfo.com. 10 July 2023.
15. News: Bangladesh celebrates: Tales of 'Akbar the Great' and feeding sweets to strangers . 11 February 2020 . ESPNcricinfo . 10 February 2020.
16. News: Bangladesh creates history; beats India under D/L to win ICC U19 WC title . 11 February 2020 . Business Standard.