Bangladesh
Personnel
CaptainMahfuzur Rahman Rabby [1]
CoachStuart Law
OwnerBangladesh Cricket Board
Team information
ColorsGreen and Red
Founded1997
Home groundShaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi
Capacity25,400
History
First-class debutv.  England at Headingley, Leeds; 28–31 July 2004
List A debutv.  Namibia at Laudium Oval, Pretoria; 12 January 1998
Twenty20 debutv.  England at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium, Cox's Bazar; 27 January 2019
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup wins1 (2020)
ACC Under-19 Asia Cup wins1 (2023)
International Cricket Council
ICC regionAsia

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 18 December 2023

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]

As of 5 July 2023
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
 Afghanistan 1 0 1 0 0 22 September 2021
 England 8 3 3 0 2 28 July 2004 16 October 2009
 Pakistan 3 0 1 0 2 20 November 2007
 South Africa 1 0 0 0 1 27 December 2007
 Sri Lanka 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
 Afghanistan 16 8 7 0 1 15 February 2014 15 February 2014
 Australia 4 1 2 0 1 4 March 2004 4 March 2004
 England 42 26 14 1 1 15 January 1998 15 January 1998
 India 28 6 21 0 1 12 January 2000 24 January 2002
 Ireland 6 6 0 0 0 22 January 1998 22 January 1998
 New Zealand 10 7 3 0 0 13 January 1998 5 February 2006
 Pakistan 28 12 14 0 2 31 October 2003 31 October 2003
 South Africa 29 18 11 0 0 27 January 2000 25 November 2005
 Sri Lanka 56 28 24 0 4 2 November 2003 4 December 2005
 West Indies 18 12 6 0 0 24 January 1998 24 January 1998
 Zimbabwe 14 13 1 0 0 23 January 2000 23 January 2000
Associate members
Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
 Bermuda 1 1 0 0 0 18 February 2008 18 February 2008
 Canada 5 4 0 1 0 22 January 2002 23 February 2004
 Hong Kong 2 2 0 0 0 2 October 2018 2 October 2018
 Kuwait 1 1 0 0 0 25 December 2021 25 December 2021
 Kenya 3 3 0 0 0 19 January 1998 19 January 1998
 Namibia 6 6 0 0 0 12 January 1998 12 January 1998
 Japan 1 1 0 0 0 11 December 2023 11 December 2023
   Nepal 4 3 1 0 0 6 February 2002 6 February 2016
 Netherlands 1 1 0 0 0 16 January 2000 16 January 2000
 Papua New Guinea 4 4 0 0 0 20 January 1998 20 January 1998
 Qatar 1 1 0 0 0 23 June 2012 23 June 2012
 Singapore 1 1 0 0 0 16 December 2016 16 December 2016
 Scotland 4 4 0 0 0 17 February 2004 17 February 2004
 United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0 0 22 January 2022 22 January 2022
 Uganda 2 2 0 0 0 25 February 2004 25 February 2004
 United States 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
 England 3 2 1 0 0 27 January 2019 27 January 2019
 Pakistan 3 1 2 0 0 16 November 2022 16 November 2022

Coaching staff

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

Tournament history

U19 World Cup

Bangladesh's U19 World Cup Record
Year Result Pos № Pld W L T NR
Australia 1988 Part of ICC Associates XI
South Africa 1998 Group stage 9th 16 7 6 1 0 0
Sri Lanka 2000 10th 16 8 5 2 0 1
New Zealand 2002 11th 16 7 3 3 1 0
Bangladesh 2004 9th 16 8 6 2 0 0
Sri Lanka 2006 Quarter Finals 5th 16 6 5 1 0 0
Malaysia 2008 7th 16 5 3 1 0 1
New Zealand 2010 Group stage 9th 16 6 4 2 0 0
Australia 2012 Quarter Finals 7th 16 6 3 3 0 0
United Arab Emirates 2014 Group stage 9th 16 6 5 1 0 0
Bangladesh 2016 Semi Finals 3rd 16 6 5 1 0 0
New Zealand 2018 Quarter Finals 6th 16 6 3 3 0 0
South Africa 2020 Champions 1st 16 6 5 0 0 1
Cricket West Indies 2022 Quarter Finals 8th 16 6 2 4 0 0
South Africa 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 Pos № Pld W L T NR
Bangladesh 1989 Did not participate
Pakistan 2003 Group stage 4th 4 3 0 3 0 0
Malaysia 2012 5th 8 3 1 2 0 0
United Arab Emirates 2013–14 8 3 1 2 0 0
Sri Lanka 2016 Semi Finals 3rd 8 4 3 1 0 0
Malaysia 2017 8 4 3 1 0 0
Bangladesh 2018 8 4 2 2 0 0
Sri Lanka 2019 Runners up 2nd 8 5 3 1 0 1
United Arab Emirates 2021 Semi Finals 3rd 8 4 2 1 0 1
United Arab Emirates 2023 Champions 1st 8 5 5 0 0 0
Total 1 Title 35 20 13 0 2

Honours

ICC

ACC

Records in Under-19 World Cup

Most career matches

As of 10 July 2023
S/N Players Matches Career Span Ref
1 Aftab Ahmed
Ashiqur Rahman
Nafees Iqbal		 15 2002–2004 [10]
2 Hannan Sarkar 14 1998–2002
3 Ashik Chowdhury 12 2010–2012

Most career runs

As of 10 July 2023
S/N Players Runs Career Span Ref
1 Anamul Haque 519 2010–2012 [11]
2 Liton Das 462 2012–2014
3 Shadman Islam 406 2014–2014

Highest individual runs

As of 10 July 2023
S/N Players Highest Against Ref
1 Anamul Haque 128  Pakistan [12]
2 Shadman Islam 126  Afghanistan
3 Towhid Hridoy 122  Canada

Most career wickets

As of 10 July 2023
S/N Players Wickets Average Ref
1 Enamul Haque Jr 22 10.18 [13]
2 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 19 21.36
3 Rakibul Hasan 16 20.30

Best bowling figures

As of 10 July 2023
S/N Players Best bowling Against Ref
1 Hannan Sarkar 5/15
(10 Overs)		  Namibia
(19 January 2000)		 [14]
2 Rakibul Hasan 5/19
(9.3 Overs)		  South Africa
(20 January 1998)
3 Tanvirul Islam 5/29
(9.5 Overs)		  Papua New Guinea

Lowest team totals

As of 25 January 2023[15]
S/N Totals Against Dates
1 41/10,
(11.4 Overs)		  South Africa 24 February 2008
2 91/10,
(42.5 Overs)		  Zimbabwe 11 January 2002
3 97/10,
(35.2 Overs)		  England 16 January 2002

Overall records

2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup

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.[16][17]

9 February 2020
10:00
Scorecard
India 
177 (47.2 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
170/7 (42.1 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 88 (121)
Avishek Das 3/40 (9 overs)
Parvez Hossain Emon 47 (79)
Ravi Bishnoi 4/30 (10 overs)
Bangladesh won by 3 wickets (DLS method)
JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Sam Nogajski (Aus)
Player of the match: Akbar Ali (Ban)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Bangladesh were set a revised target of 170 runs from 46 overs due to rain.
  • This was Bangladesh's first World Cup U-19 Win, and overall the first World Cup win for Bangladesh in any format.
Team of the final

Akbar 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

References

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

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