Bhutan Lost to Afghanistan In the Opening Match of the Under-19 World Cup Qualifier
Bhutan Lost to Afghanistan Yesterday in the opening match of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup played in Sulaibiya ground, Kuwait. Bhutan after winning the toss decided to bat first and opener couldn’t make a good start, only Captain Jigme Singye put on some good resistant fight for his 23 runs which is highest score for Bhutan. The discipline bowling attack from Afghanistan boys slaughter other Bhutanese Batsmen and getting them all out for 63 runs in 19.5 overs. Afghanistan could Achieve the target in just 12.3 overs for the loss of two wickets. Sher Sherzade scored 35 while opener Mohammad Iqbal scored 21.
Bhutan Batsmen face Afghanistan Bowler in Under-19 World Cup Qualifier
Asghar Hussain and Zakiullah picked up 4 wickets each.The ACC U-19 Elite Cup is a qualifier for the ICC U-19 World Cup where the winning team will automatically qualify to play for the ICC U-19 world Cup cricket tournament this year. Hopefully Bhutan will comeback against Qatar in today’s Match and later with UAE and Oman to stay alive for the chance of Qualifying for the Under-19 World Cup 2010.
Match Details
Afghanistan v Bhutan at Sulaibiya
AFGHANISTAN WON BY EIGHT WICKETS
Bhutan won the toss and chose to bat
Bhutan: 63 off 19.5 overs (A.Hotak 4-14, Z.Zaki 4-2)
Afghanistan: 64 for 2 off 12.3 overs (S.Shirzai 35*)
Man of the Match: Asghar Hotak
Note : Picture Courtsey of Kuwait Cricket
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:16 am
Defeat is understandable…knowing afghanistan is a strong contender of the tournament…yet today is another big task for our boys…yet we will say GO BHUTAN GO!!!
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:18 am
That’s True Dorji, Well Everyone knows that Afghanistan is the Favorite for the Tournament but our boys are not far behind too to give a good fight in the rest of the Match. I join you “GO BHUTAN GO”
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:27 pm
come on guys time to wake up.This tournament is not easy like before…u r playing with elite teams of Asia.I know we can play better than this..so lets show our critics wat we got..
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:46 pm
come on bhutan..time to show the world.Lets show them wat we have learned till now.Best of luck for the upcoming matches.
April 24th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Hey Tashi and Annan, Good to have you guys here as well, Indeed the Boys must have got all of our message and they will play Well and am sure and everyone knows that Bhutan will BOUNCE BACK.
PS: The Fixture has been slightly changed by the Organizer and we couldn’t have Match Against QATAR. Will try and get Update here as soon as new Fixture has been out.