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Junior tigers on new horizons

Bangladesh has ensured the semi-final of Under-19 World Cup-2016, beating Nepal by six wickets in the quarter final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur in Dhaka on Friday.Zakir Hasan and Mehedi Hasan were not out for 75 and 55 runs respectively.Bangladesh were under pressure after losing four wickets for 98 runs in 28.1 over`s.Batting first, Nepal scored 211 runs losing 9 wickets.Bangladesh Team: Saif Hassan, Pinak Ghosh, Joyraz Sheik, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Zakir Hasan, Saeed Sarkar, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mosabbek Hossain, Abdul Halim, Saleh Ahmed Shawon, Mehedi Hasan Rana, Jaker Ali, Ariful Islam, Shafiul Hayet.Nepal  Team: S Sunar, S Dhamala, YS Karki, R Rijal, Aarif Sheikh, Rajbir Singh, DS Airee, K Bhurtel, P Tamang, S Kandel, S Lamichhane, S Rana, I Pandey, H Dutta, D Shrestha.