Men’s U19 Asia Cup 2023 | Live Streaming, Full Schedule, Squads and All You Need To Know
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The ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup 2023 is all set to kick off in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Friday, December 8. This will be the 10th edition of the 50-over tournament, where Asia’s brightest cricketing talents will be in action.
The 10th edition?
Yes, this will be the tenth edition of the Men’s U19 Asia Cup, which was first held back in the year 1989 by the Asian Cricket Council in Bangladesh. Since then, ACC has managed to arrange eight more editions of the tournament with the last edition being played back in 2021 December in the UAE.
What about the teams?
Just like in the previous edition, there will be eight teams participating in the Men’s U19 Asia Cup 2023. ACC’s full members - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh—will definitely be there, along with three more teams - Nepal, UAE, and Japan—who finished as the top three teams in the recently concluded ACC Men’s U19 Premier Cup 2023 and qualified for the main event.
Who is the current champion?
India U19 are the current holders of the Men’s U19 Asia Cup. They defeated Sri Lanka U19 in the final of the 2021 edition in Dubai under the leadership of Yash Dhull, who went on to lift the Men’s U19 World Cup in the West Indies as well. India are also the most successful team in the competition, having won it for the record eighth time.
What about the format?
As for the format, the eight teams have been divided into two groups of four each. India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nepal are placed in Group A, while Group B comprises Bangladesh, Japan, Sri Lanka, and the host United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Overall, a total of 12 group matches will be played between December 8 and 13, followed by the three knockout games on December 15, including the final to be played on the 17th.
The teams finishing in the top two of each group at the end of the group stage will qualify for the semi-finals.
Venue?
The 2023 edition of the ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup will be played in the UAE, who is going to host their third edition of the tournament. It will be played across three venues in Dubai. The group stage games and both the semi-finals will be played in ICC Academy Ovals 1 and 2. The summit clash on December 17th will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Live Streaming?
All the matches of the ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup will be live-streamed on the Asian Cricket Council’s YouTube channel.
Squads
India U19: Uday Saharan (c), Arshin Kulkarni, Adarsh Singh, Rudra Mayur Patel, Sachin Dhas, Priyanshu Moliya, Musheer Khan, Aaradhya Shukla, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari, Aravelly Avanish Rao, Saumy Kumar Pandey, Murugan Abhishek, Innesh Mahajan, Dhanush Gowda.
Pakistan U19: Mirza Saad Baig (c), Ahmad Hussain, Ali Asfand, Amir Hassan, Arafat Ahmed Minhas, Azan Awais, Khubaib Khalil, Najab Khan, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Ubaid Shah, Muhammad Riazullah, Muhammad Tayyab Arif, Muhammad Zeeshan, Shahzaib Khan, Shamyl Hussain.
Afghanistan U19: Naseer Khan Maroof Khil (c), Wafiullah Tarakhil, Jamshid Zadran, Khalid Taniwal, Akram Mohammadzai, Sohail Khan Zurmati, Rahimullah Zurmati, Numan Shah Agha, Mohammad Younus Zadran, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Wahidullah Zadran, Bashir Ahmad Afghan, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Khalel Ahmad.
Nepal U19: Dev Khanal (c), Dipesh Kandel, Uttam Thapa Magar, Dipak Prasad Dumre, Aakash Chand, Bishal Bikram KC, Tilak Raj Bhandari, Bipin Rawal, Gulshan Jha, Hemant Dhami, Subash Bhandari, Aakash Tripathi, Arjun Kumal, Deepak Bohara.
Sri Lanka U19: Sineth Jayawardene (c), Malsha Tharupath, Pulindu Perera, Rusanda Gamage, Ravishan Nethsara, Sharujan Shanmuganathan, Dinura Kalupahana, Vishwa Lahiru, Garuka Sanketh, Vishen Halambage, Ruvishan Perera, Vihas Thewmika, Duvindu Ranatunga, Hirun Kapurubandara, Dinuka Thennakoon.
Bangladesh U19: Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby (c), Ahrar Amin, Jishan Alam, Mohammad Rohanat, Doullah Borson, Mohammad Asrafuzzaman, Boranno Mohammad Iqbal Hasanemon, Ariful Islam, Sheikh Paevez Jibon, Maruf Mridha, Mohammad Rafiuzzaman Rafi, Chowdhury Mohammad Rizwan, Adil Bin Siddik, Mohammad Ashiqur Rahaman Shibli, Wasi Siddiquee.
United Arab Emirates U19: Aayan Afzal Khan (c), Ayman Ahamed Shakeel Ahamed, Ammar Badami, Ethan Carl D’Souza, Maroof Merchant, Dhruv Parashar, Hardik Pai, Akshat Rai, Yayin Kiran Rai, Omid Rahman, Aryansh Sharma, Harshit Seth, Harit Shetty, Shrey Sethi, Tanish Suri.
Japan U19: Koji Hardgrave-Abe (c), Kazuma Kato-Stafford, Chihaya Arakawa, Shotaro Hiratsuka, Charles Hinze, Hirotake Kakinuma, Hugo Kelly, Daniel Panckhurst, Nihar Parmar, Aditya Phadke, Timothy Moore, Tomo Rear, Aarav Tiwari, Kiefer Yamamoto-Lake.
ACC Men's U19 Asia Cup 2023 Full Schedule
8 December
India vs Afghanistan, ICC Academy Oval 1;
Pakistan vs Nepal, ICC Academy Oval 2
9 December
Bangladesh vs UAE, ICC Academy Oval 1;
Sri Lanka vs Japan, ICC Academy Oval 2
10 December
India vs Pakistan, ICC Academy Oval 1;
Afghanistan vs Nepal, ICC Academy Oval 2
11 December
Sri Lanka vs UAE, ICC Academy Oval 1;
Bangladesh vs Japan, ICC Academy Oval 2
12 December
Pakistan vs Afghanistan, ICC Academy Oval 1;
India vs Nepal, ICC Academy Oval 2
13 December
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, ICC Academy Oval 1;
UAE vs Japan, ICC Academy Oval 2
15 December
Semi-Final 1, ICC Academy Oval 1;
Semi-Final 2, ICC Academy Oval 2
17 December
Final, Dubai International Stadium
Note: All matches will start at 9:30 AM Local Time.
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