Bangladesh defeated Thailand 7-2 in the ongoing Youth Asia Cup in Oman on Thursday. And with this, the Bangladesh team has qualified for the U-21 Hockey World Cup for the first time. The young Tigers have done what the national team has never been able to do.

Mohammad Joy and Mohammad Abdullah scored a pair of goals for the country. Mohammad Rakibul Hasan, Mohammad Khan and Amirul Islam scored one goal each. Amirul was named Man of the Match. The Tigers started scoring goals in the third minute of the match. Three minutes later, Amirul Islam doubled the lead by scoring from a penalty corner. Abdullah scored a goal at the beginning of the second quarter.

Thailand equalized by one goal towards the end of this quarter. In the next quarter, Mohammad Hasan scored another goal to make the scoreline 4-1. Bangladesh took the lead by two more goals in this quarter. After another goal in the fourth quarter, Thailand equalized by one goal. The final whistle blew with a scoreline of 7-2.

Bangladesh has no history of playing in the World Cup at any level in hockey. This time, that dream has come true thanks to the youth. India had already secured its place as the host. The top six teams from the Junior Asia Cup will go to the World Cup. In this fifth to seventh deciding match of Group B, the Tigers won the match without giving Thailand any chance. As a result, Bangladesh entered the six teams from Asia to get a chance.

Dhaka: The Bangladesh women's team has won the ODI series by winning two consecutive matches. In the second match of the series, they defeated Ireland by 5 wickets on Saturday.

Ireland won the toss and scored 193 runs in batting. When Bangladesh surpassed that score by 5 wickets, there were still 38 balls left in the match.

Opener Farzana Haque played an innings of 50 runs off 89 balls. Sharmin Supta, who was in great form, also got runs in the second match. She scored 43 runs off 63 balls. Captain Nigar Sultana Jyoti's bat scored 40 runs. Jyoti scored this run in just 39 balls. Swarna Akhtar and Fahima Khatun finished the match in the last batting. Swarna Akhtar scored 29 runs not out off 29 balls to give the team a 5-wicket victory.

Bangladesh won the first match of the series by 45 runs. The second match was won by 5 wickets. This margin indicates that the Ireland women's team could not prove themselves as a strong opponent in the two matches.

The third and final ODI of the series will be on December 2.

Short score: Ireland 193. Bangladesh 194/5 (in 43.4 overs, Farzana 50, Supta 43, Jyoti 40, Swarna 29*. Result: Bangladesh won by 5 wickets.

Dhaka: The cricketers also had a lot of holiday spirit on Friday's holiday. The second ODI match of the series was a day later. The team was stressed after losing the first one to Bangladesh. In such a situation, the Ireland women's cricket team had a great experience today. The Irish girls experienced riding a rickshaw for the first time in their lives.

The cricketers of the Ireland team and the coaching staff also experienced riding a rickshaw, a popular vehicle in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) made this arrangement for the visiting team.

Several rickshaws were brought to Mirpur Stadium on Friday afternoon. And a little later, the players of the Irish women's cricket team got on the rickshaws. They did not hesitate to get on. Then everyone had a lot of fun together.

Many of the cricketers also took pictures with the rickshaw pullers. Many others drove rickshaws. They realized that playing cricket is not as easy as driving a rickshaw.

These rickshaws took the cricketers out of the stadium and onto the streets of Mirpur. Irish girls roamed the empty streets on Friday, a holiday.

They will enter the field tomorrow, Saturday, November 30, in the morning of the second ODI with this joy. The match starts at 10 am at the Mirpur ground. Bangladesh won the first ODI of the series by a big margin of 154 runs, and Nigar Sultana Jyoti's team is leading.

225 runs on the last day. What else is there in modern cricket! However, Bangladesh has made their job difficult by losing 7 wickets. So, the loss is more eye-catching for Mehedi Hasan Miraj's team than the victory on the last day.

Bangladesh lost 7 wickets in one session in the late afternoon. Playing for a target of 334 runs, they have managed to score a total of 109 runs so far.

The morning of the fourth day started with a surprise. Bangladesh, who ended the third day with 269 runs for the loss of 9 wickets, declared their innings in the morning. They started the day with the ball in hand.

Taking advantage of the morning conditions, the bowlers put the Windies under pressure. Taskin Ahmed led from the front. He took 6 wickets for the cost of 64 runs. This was his first fiver in his Test career. With his career-best bowling, Mehedi Hasan Miraj took 2 wickets and Shariful-Taijul Islam took one wicket each, Bangladesh bundled out the Windies for 152 runs. The target stood at 334 runs.

If they chase this target, it will be a record. The highest run chase by Bangladesh in the fourth innings in a Test is 217. To win, they will have to score 117 more runs than the record set in 2009 with 4 sessions to spare.

However, the two openers failed to achieve that goal as usual. Zakir Hasan and Mahmudul Hasan returned to the dressing room in single figures. Even after that, Shahadat Hossain also returned quickly. Even though he reached double figures, Mominul Haque was out shortly after. Bangladesh lost 4 wickets after scoring 23 runs.

From there, Mehedi Hasan Miraj tried to cope with the pressure with a 36-run partnership along with Liton Das. When Liton was out for the team on 59 runs, Bangladesh was in trouble again. Then Miraj fought back with Zaker Ali. That pair came up with 43 runs. Miraj's departure broke the pair on 46. Then Taijul Islam also departed before the end of the day. Bangladesh ended the day losing 7 wickets for 109 runs. Zaker is now on the wicket with 15 runs and Hasan Mahmud is unbeaten on 0 runs.

Brief scores:

West Indies 1st innings: 450/9 declared.

Bangladesh 1st innings: 269/9 declared.

West Indies 2nd innings: 152/10

Bangladesh 2nd innings: 109/7, 31 overs (Miraj 46, Zaker 15*; Roach 3/20, Seals 3/31)