Bangladesh’s Under-19 cricket squad boarded an aircraft for the UAE on Wednesday, hoping to reach the final of the ACC Men’s Under-19 Asia Cup, which begins on December 8.
Skipper Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby and his team will kick off their campaign against the hosts on December 9 at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai. They will then face Japan on December 11 before concluding their group stage schedule with a match against Sri Lanka on December 13.
Hannan Sarkar, an age-level selector and former cricketer who accompanied the team, stated that the team’s goal is to reach the tournament’s final.
“Because we are in the same group as the UAE, Japan, and Sri Lanka, we expect to make the semi-finals.” We need to play strong cricket to go to the final, and hopefully we are up for the challenge,” Hannan said before boarding the plane on Wednesday.
The U-19s finished third in India’s just completed quadrangular competition. The performance of the next Asia Cup, according to Hannan, will assist them form the final roster for the upcoming ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa in January.
“Around 12-13 players in the squad have been playing together for the past year and a half, and many of them have played over twenty ODIs.” “We will closely monitor their performances in this tournament, which will help us form the final squad for the upcoming U-19 World Cup in South Africa,” Hannan said.