At the point when India and Bangladesh last met each other at the U-19 World Cup, in the last of the 2020 release in South Africa, Bangladesh’s three-wicket win finished in an obnoxious post-match fight that damaged the event. The ICC authorized two players from India – Ravi Bishnoi and Akash Singh – and three from Bangladesh – Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain and Rakibul Hasan – for the scenes that worked out in Potchefstroom on that February evening.
The two groups are set to fight at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua, on Saturday, however it’s a spot in the semi-finals that is in question this time. The staff are totally different as well. While the young men dressed in blue have an altogether new crew considering Indian players can now partake in just a single U-19 World Cup, left-arm spinner Hasan and medium-pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib are the main two Bangladeshis from that title triumph who are essential for the current set-up.
The two groups have had an agreeable entry to the quarters. Regardless of a Covid episode in the India camp that sent five players into detachment for their two latest games – including captain Yash Dhull and bad habit commander Shaik Rasheed – they scored up three successes out of three in the gathering stage. Bangladesh experienced a devastating seven-wicket misfortune to England in their initial game yet skiped back against generally lightweight rivals in Canada and United Arab Emirates.
Coronavirus disconnection over for Indian players
The uplifting news for India is that Dhull, Rasheed, Manav Parakh, Siddarth Yadav and Aaradhya Yadav – who were in disconnection – are accessible for choice in the wake of having tried negative for Covid.
“They have been given the green sign medicinally. They joined the group on Friday for preparing,” said an authority with the India U-19 group.
However, nishant Sindhu, who was substitute captain for the last two games without even a trace of Dhull, has contracted Covid. “He tried positive after the last gathering game against Uganda. He is in isolation and administered out of the Bangladesh game,” the authority said.
Quit worrying about the result of the 2020 last, India will view themselves as slight top choices. They crushed Bangladesh by 103 runs in the semi-finals of the U-19 Asia Cup simply last month, which offers a more precise appraisal of how the current groups stack up.
“In the knockout stages, you really want a few karma and fit players on the recreation area,” said S Sharath, executive of the lesser determination council. “It is difficult for the individuals who have emerged from Covid. We need to give it to the young men for the manner in which they have played up until this point.”
Afghanistan through to semis
Until three days before the U-19 World Cup began in the Caribbean on January 14, Afghanistan’s support in it was questionable. With the UK consulate in Kabul shut after Taliban’s takeover, Afghanistan – who were traveling to the Caribbean through UK – had chosen to apply for visas in the UAE in December, where they were playing the U-19 Asia Cup. Yet, a deferral in getting the travel visas had increased the chance of Afghanistan missing the occasion.
The issue was at last arranged on January 11 and they headed out to the Caribbean daily later. Their two warm-up games on January 10 and 12 were dropped while their initial game was pushed from January 16 to January 18. All the problem has been beneficial as they have entered the semi-finals of the occasion for the second time after 2018. They crushed Sri Lanka by four runs in a low-scoring challenge at Coolidge in Antigua on Thursday to set up a conflict with England for a spot in the last.
Afghanistan oversaw just 134 with the bat subsequent to being sent in by the Sri Lankans. In any case, the Lankans were decreased to 43/7 in answer, and surprisingly a face-saving 69-run remain between Dunith Wellalage and Raveen de Silva for the eighth wicket wasn’t to the point of taking them over the line.
