Early Days
Jahangir first came into prominence during the U-19 tour of England in the summer of 1989. He started the tour with a hundred and continued to score consistently after that. his 132 against Wycombe was the highest score in the tour. In the process he shared a 210 run opening partnership with Javed Omar. Jahangir Alam scored 35 against Homestead & 40 against Wakeham Overall in 5 matches he scored 219 runs at an average of 43.80.
| Top Batsmen (At least 100 runs on the tour) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Matches | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100/50 |
| Ziauddin Ahemd Shovon | 4 | 160 | 80.00 | 60* | 0/1 |
| Habibul Bashar | 4 | 115 | 57.50 | 45* | 0/0 |
| Jahangir Alam | 5 | 219 | 43.80 | 132 | 1/0 |
. In contrast, he was a big failure in the Asian U-19 Cup in Dec. 1989. His highest score of 38 in 4 mathces came against Sri Lanka at Chittagong.
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