Ariful Islam scored his third century in the U19 World Cup. Ariful scored a great century against USA U19 team, played a brilliant innings of 103 runs off 103 balls. 

Ariful hit two centuries in the U19 World Cup in 2022. This time the number of centuries including this one is 3. Ariful made a rare record by hitting his third century. Apart from Ariful, only 2 cricketers have the feat of scoring 3 centuries in the U19 World Cup.

India's Shikhar Dhawan was the first to set this record. He scored 3 centuries in the U19 World Cup in 2004. Then England's Jack Burnham scored 3 centuries in 2016. This time Ariful of Bangladesh made a rare record of scoring 3 centuries. He has set this record in two tournaments in 2022 and 2024. This year, however, the group stage game is going on. Ariful has the opportunity to play more matches. If he wants to score more centuries, Ariful can take the record as his own, he can take it out of reach.

Thanks to Ariful's century, the youth of Bangladesh have lost 7 wickets against the United States and made a huge collection of 291 runs. The United States is batting in response. Till writing this report, their collection is 84 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 22.5 overs.