Young Tigers beat Afghans by 7 wkts in U-17 ODI

Bangladesh Under-17 side defeated Afghanistan Under-17 by seven wickets in the second match to level the three-match one-day series margin 1-1 at Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground in India on Sunday, reports UNB.

Bangladesh conceded a 17-run defeat in the first match at the same venue on March 23.

Replying to 121 runs in the 2nd match, Bangladesh reached their destination scoring 124 for 3 in 33 overs where opener Prantik Nawroz Nabil (37), Md Tahsin (34), Amite Hasan (24*) and skipper Parvez Hossain Emon (23*) were double digit scorers for the side.

Suliman Arabzai (2/18) and Naveed Ahmad (1/37) were wicket takers for Afghanistan.

Batting first after winning the toss, Afghanistan were restricted to 121 for all in 44.2 overs with wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Ishaq top-scoring 44 off 67 balls, including four boundaries. Baseer Khan and Suliman Arabzai added 27 and 13 runs respectively.

Tahsin was adjudged man of the match for his all-round performance as he captured two wickets for 24 runs with ball after 34 runs with bat for Bangladesh.