Bangladesh’s innings was dominated by Islam, who reached the crease at 23 for three in the 12th over to take them to a competitive total.
Islam had fallen for single-figure scores in his last two innings in this tournament but quickly found his groove here and completed his half-century with a scintillating six from long-on.
The 17-year-old continued to lose partners – Mehran Mumtaz proved particularly potent with three for 16 in his 10 overs – but kept his restraint, hitting three sixes in an over off an Awas Ali to go into the nineties. Maintained and accelerated upon death.
His century, off 118 balls, reached the middle of the 49th over, but Islam fell on the next ball – the ninth wicket to fall in an innings that ended at 175 with four balls to spare.
Muhammad Shahzad and Haseebullah started off confidently in reply, adding 76 runs in 19 overs, before the former fell for 36.
Khan hit four fours and four sixes before opting for a deep square leg fielder on 78, by which time his team needed just 36 more to win.
The run out of Irfan Khan (24) was unfortunate and Qasim Akram fell for a run but Abdul Fasih’s unbeaten 22 saw Pakistan at home with 21 balls to spare.
Pakistan will take on Sri Lanka in the fifth-place play-off on Thursday, with Bangladesh playing South Africa for the right to finish seventh.
United Arab Emirates make the past easy Ireland plate in final
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The United Arab Emirates ended their best Under-19 World Cup campaign ever with a comfortable eight-wicket win over Ireland in the Plate Final.
Ireland won the toss and elected to bat, but quickly ran into trouble, falling for 27 for three when captain Tim Tector became the second of two scalps from Jash Giannani in Tarouba, Tridad, on Monday.
Philips Le Roux had salvaged a similar situation against Canada earlier in the tournament, but could only manage 14 runs on the occasion as wickets kept falling at regular intervals, with only in-form opener Jack Dixon putting up much in the way of resistance. displayed something.
The wicketkeeper twice crossed the ropes of 40 runs at the hands of Dhruv Panashar (2 for 15) to leave Ireland at 91 for six.
Ireland were bowled out for 122 in the 46th over, leaving Tector’s side desperate for an early dismissal.
Their hopes were briefly raised when Parashar was clean bowled by Jamie Forbes with a score of 41, but Kai Smith and Punya Mehra quickly eased any UAE nerves.
Smith hit seven fours before being one run away from a half-century while Mehra finished with a flourish, hitting a six off the final ball of the 26th over to take his side ahead of their target and their total of 48 unbeaten. .
The UAE victory beat their previous best of 12th place to finish ninth.
Centuries from Bishop and Wickham take 11th place West Indies
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Teddy Bishop and Kevin Wickham scored centuries as West Indies registered an impressive eight-wicket win Zimbabwe 11th place in the playoffs.
The host nation has had a mixed tournament but with a determination to finish on a high, Johan Layne reduced Zimbabwe to 25 for two.
Steven Saul and Brian Bennett stabilized the ship and when Saul fell for 34, Bennett, along with twin brother David, made an excellent stand for the fourth wicket.
The two crossed half-centuries and the partnership reached 102 when Bryan was left behind for 62, leaving his brother to continue the charge with Conor Mitchell.
Bennett remained unbeaten on 77 and Mitchell played an unbeaten knock of 42 off 26 balls as Zimbabwe posted a challenging 256 for four.
But with the early departure of captain Matthew Nandu, Bishop and Wickham eased into a potentially difficult chase.
The pair rotated the strike effectively and found boundaries when needed, with Wickham hitting 17 boundaries to beat his teammate to three points.
He soon fell for 104 while Bishop made sure he was at the end, remaining unbeaten on 112 off 121 balls studded with 11 fours and a six.
It was left to Rivaldo Clarke to score the winning run, which he hit for a six off the second ball of the final over.
After their play-off match was canceled due to COVID-19, Canada ended the tournament in 15th place as a result of having a better net-run-rate than PNG from all the matches played in the tournament.
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