Staff Reporter
Rtnn: Bangladesh U-19 made history as they won their first-ever U-19 Asia Cup by defeating UAE U-19 in the final by a massive margin of 195 runs on Sunday.

It was a complete demolition job by the young Tigers as they dominated with the bat at first by scoring 282-8 in their fifty overs before the bowlers skittled UAE out for 87.

Ashiqur Rahman Shibli was once again the star for Bangladesh with the bat as he notched up his second ton this tournament scoring 129 from 149 balls.

 Shibli was aided by Chowdhury Md Rizwan who scored 60 from 71 balls and Ariful Islam who scored 50 from just 40 balls to help Bangladesh put on a strong total.

Shibli ended as the top run-getter in the tournament as well with 378 runs at a mammoth average of 126 in five innings.

In reply, the Bangladesh pacers got the ball to talk as the UAE batters struggled all the way.

They lost four top-order wickets in the first 10 overs and lost wickets at regular intervals.

Fast bowlers Maruf Mridha (3 wickets for 29 runs in 7 overs), Iqbal Hossain Emon (2 wickets for 15 runs in 6 overs), and Rohanat Doullah Borson (3 wickets for 26 runs in 6 overs) were all very good with the ball early in the innings. 

Shibli however was the one to take all the awards as he won both the Player of the Match and the Player of the Tournament award.