BD U-19s fail to capitalise on good start

Despite scoring 209 for 3 in the first day of the first four-day game against Sri Lanka, visiting Bangladesh Under-19 side were unable to utilise the start.

The young Tigers lost six wickets adding another 100 runs to their overnight score before being bundled out for 309 runs in their first innings on the second day at the NCC ground in Colombo yesterday.

Bangladesh lost both the overnight batsman skipper Towhid Hridoy (54) and Shamim Hossain (43) without troubling the score.

Amite Hasan who came to bat at number seven took the responsibility single-handedly and struck his fifty but there were wickets tumbling at the other end which made things difficult for Bangladesh.

Amite was the last batsman to be dismissed for the Tigers after scoring a team high 64 off 99 balls with six fours as the youths were all-out inside 38 overs of the second day.

Sri Lanka in reply ended the day on 65 for 1 losing the only wicket of Kamil Mishara on 19 to the bowling of Hridoy. His partner Navod Paranavithana not out on 35 and Skipper Nipu Dananjaya on 5 will resume the third day trailing by 244 runs.