DHAKA: Bangladesh set South Africa 241-run target in the first ODI Match of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Chittagong on Wednesday (January 27).

Nazmul Hossain Shanto scored 73 runs off 82 balls in the Group A match that started at 9:00am at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

Alongside Shanto’s fifty, Pinak Ghosh’s 43 and Joyraz Sheik’s 46 runs helped Bangladesh to score 240 runs target for the junior proteans.    

South Africa bowler WA Mulder bagged three wickets. 

Earlier, host Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

Bangladesh U19
Saif Hassan, Pinak Ghosh, Joyraz Sheik, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Mehedi Hasan(c), Zakir Hasan(wk), Saeed Sarkar, shaif hassan, Sanjit Saha, Abdul Halim, Saleh Ahmed Shawon

South Africa U19
Liam Smith, Kyle Verreynne(wk), Wiaan Mulder, Tony de Zorzi(c), Rivaldo Moonsamy, Dayyaan Galiem, Farhaan Sayanvala, Willem Ludick, Luke Philander, Sean Whitehead, Lutho Sipamla

Umpires - RT Robinson (England) and C Shamshuddin (India)
TV umpire - PD Jones (New Zealand)
Match referee - GF Labrooy (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire - Gazi Sohel

BDST: 1251 HRS, JAN 27, 2016
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