Pakistan pulled off an exciting comeback win in opposition to Bangladesh to safe a semifinal berth in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2024 on Friday. The two-time world champions efficiently defended 155 runs in the final Super Six stage sport of the event to end second in the Group 1 factors desk.
With a fifth straight win, Pakistan will conflict in opposition to Group 2 leaders Australia in the second semifinal and the defending champions India might be going through event hosts South Africa in the primary knockout sport. India and Pakistan can doubtlessly face one another in the ultimate for the one second time in event historical past in the event that they register wins in their respective semifinals.Â
Coming again to the sport, Bangladesh captain Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby gained the toss and elected to discipline first at Benoni’s Willowmoore Park. Pacer Mohammad Zeeshan comes in place of Amir Hasan for Pakistan whereas Bangladesh remained unchanged.
Pakistan misplaced just one wicket and reached the 50-run mark in the primary ten overs as they appeared destined for a giant whole. But Rohnat Borson stored Bangladesh in the driving seat with early wickets of Shamyl Hussain and Azan Awais after which Sheikh Jibon dominated the center overs to prohibit Pakistan to simply 155/10 in 40.4 overs. Arafat Minhas top-scored with 34 runs as solely two batters managed to cross the 20-run mark for Pakistan.
To safe a semifinal berth, Bangladesh wanted to chase the goal in 38.1 overs and opener Jishan Alam offered a fast begin by smashing 4 fours in the primary three overs. In-form pacer Ubaid Shah gave Pakistan a breakthrough with Jishan’s wicket in the third over and dismissed Ashiqur Rahman Shibli in the fifth over to stability the sport.
Bangladesh batters struggled to discover momentum as Pakistani bowlers continued to decide well timed wickets. Bangladesh misplaced the primary six wickets with simply 83 runs on the scoreboard however Mohammad Shihab James took the sport to the wire by top-scoring with 26 runs.Â
Ubaid made a late influence with two huge wickets however Bangladesh refused to hand over and virtually clinched a well-known chase. But the returning pacer Zeeshan bowled out Maruf Midha in the thirty sixth over to earn Pakistan a sensational five-run win. Ubaid took the best 5 wickets for 44 whereas Ali Raza bagged three in Pakistan’s glory to knockouts.Â
Bangladesh U19 Playing XI: Ashiqur Rahman Shibli (wk), Jishan Alam, Chowdhury Md Rizwan, Ariful Islam, Ahrar Amin, Mohammad Shihab James, Sheikh Paevez Jibon, Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby (c), Rohanat Doullah Borson, Md Iqbal Hossain Emmon, Maruf Mridha
Pakistan U19 Playing XI: Shamyl Hussain, Shahzaib Khan, Azan Awais, Saad Baig (c & wk), Ahmad Hassan, Haroon Arshad, Arafat Minhas, Ubaid Shah, Mohammad Zeeshan, Ali Asfand, Ali Raza
