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Young Tigers suffer another heartbreak

Staff Correspondent
23 Oct 2021 19:07:30 | Update: 23 Oct 2021 19:07:30
Young Tigers suffer another heartbreak

Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team suffered another heartbreak in their Sri Lanka tour as they lost the fourth youth one-day international of the series by only one wicket.

Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first in Dambulla and the junior Tigers managed to score 224-8 in 50 overs.

Skipper SM Meherob (52) and Ariful Islam (50) both scored half-centuries. Dunith Wellalage took four wickets.

In reply, Sri Lanka U-19 team managed to reach the winning total with one wicket and three balls to spare. Raveen de Silva top scored for the hosts with 88 runs.

Earlier, Bangladesh U-19 team also suffered a defeat by only one run in the second youth ODI of the series.

Bangladesh U-19 team is yet to win a single match on this tour, with the last match of the series taking ssplace on Monday.

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