Can Bangladesh do it again?

Bangladesh will face India in the quarter finals of the Under-19 World Cup today. The young Tigers won the Under-19 World Cup last time after beating India. This time Bangladesh is playing against India in the quarter final. Rakibul's team will reach the semi-finals only if they can beat them. The youth of Bangladesh want to beat India by playing fearless, positive cricket in the quarter finals. The match will start at 7 pm Bangladesh time.

This time the preparation of Bangladesh team was not like that than last time. However, Bangladesh cricketers have full confidence after winning the last two matches in a row. Moreover, Bangladesh have beaten India in the last under-19 world cup and this will give more courage to Bangladesh before going into the field today. The youth of Bangladesh may be able to take courage from the past, but those who will perform on the field today will win. Afghanistan has already shown surprise by beating Sri Lanka yesterday. It remains to be seen whether Bangladesh can surprise India by beating them today.

In youth cricket, India and Bangladesh have faced each other in 24 matches. Bangladesh has won only 4 out of those 24 matches and 1 did not yield any results. Statistics show that the four-time champions of the Youth World Cup are far ahead of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh's performance in the last encounter was not good. Before the World Cup, Bangladesh and India played in the semifinals of the Youth Asia Cup. Bangladesh was destroyed in that match. They lost the match by 103 runs due to batting failure in Sharjah.

Although the past statistics do not speak in favor of Bangladesh, but due to their recent performance the junior Tigers are hopeful to win against India. Before the World Cup and Asia Cup, Bangladesh had a great performance against two teams of India youth team in Kolkata. Bangladesh became the undefeated champions in the three-team tournament.

After that Rakibul Hasan's team performed well in the Asia Cup till the semi-final. The youngsters did not give up hope even though they failed to get tickets for the final. The start of the Under-19 World Cup was not good. They lost to England in the beginning but in the next two matches, Bangladesh secured the quarter final by beating the opponent.

Bangladesh got a long break before the quarter finals. In addition to fitness training, the youth have immersed themselves in regular practice. Now it's time to prove it on the field. After beating India, the title-holders will go one step further in their mission to retain the title. Will the Rakibuls be able to make millions of cricket fans in Bangladesh float in the tide of joy by setting foot in the semi-finals?