Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- After winning the tri-series tournament in Zimbabwe, Bangladesh Under-19 team now shifted their focus on next year's World Cup (WC).

The youth World Cup, which Bangladesh won just once in 2020, led by Akbar Ali will be jointly hosted by Zimbabwe and Namibia in January, next year.A successful outing in Zimbabwe just five months before the World Cup gave them a huge mental boost, said U19 Captain Azizul Hakim Tamim.

"The successful Africa tour gave us confidence to do well in next year's World Cup," Hakim told the reporters after arriving in the country from Harare, Zimbabwe.

In their month-long Africa tour, Bangladesh won four-match youth ODI series against South Africa by 3-1 and then cap off the tour quite successfully...