The Magura lad, tipped by many as a star in the making, turned the final into a one-man show with a dazzling all-round performance.

The 16-year-old took three wickets for 39 runs to restrict the islanders to modest 217 on a perfect batting track and then smashed exactly 100 coming at number three as Bangladesh raced to victory 218-4 with more than three overs to spare.

The title-triumph completed a fantastic run of the young Tigers since the Afro-Asia cup in India last month as they won nine matches against the defeat at the hands of their yesterday's vanquished in the last league match on Sunday.

The southpaw with his Tuesday's three wickets pushed his tournament tally to ten. But he was more impressive with bat scoring highest 280 including two big half centuries to run away with both the man-of-the match and the man-of-the-tournament trophies.

"I've learnt that many including Wisden Asia dubbed me as a future star. It is nice but I am not excited about my future. My target is to establish myself as a good top order batsman and play an important role for my country in the Youth World Cup in Sri Lanka next year," said excited Sakib after the match.

Shakib, as elegant as any other left-handed batsman, struck ten boundaries including some superb back-footed drives in flawless 86-ball essay. He was the third Bangladeshi to have scored century in the competition after another exciting left-hander Tamim Iqbal (112) and Raqibul Hasan (121).

He was eventually caught at short cover off spinner Karu-nanayke with Bangladesh only four runs away from the target.

Tamim and Raqibul gave the home team a solid start producing 51 runs before the former was completed outfoxed a Weerasinghe off-spinner that spun viciously. Tamim entertained the small crowds with six boundaries in his 46-ball 38 while Raqibul added 36 off 79 balls.

Earlier, Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews hit 65 but it was not enough for the visitors to put up a fighting total.

The only disappointment in the match for the home side was sloppy fielding.

But chief selector Faruque Ahmed, who along with Bangla-desh coach Dav Whatmore watched the final, wanted to focus on the brighter side of the youth team.

"If you ask me what strike me most I must say it was their self-believe. I never saw them in negative frame of mind. This is not a joke that they have defeated five top-class teams in recent times. We are optimistic they will produce something special in the Under-19 World Cup in February," said the former national captain.