ACC U-19 Asia Cup: Defending champions India will take on Pakistan on December 10, Eye Ninth title
India are the most successful side in the ACC U-19 Asia Cup, having won the title eight times.
Dubai: India will take on Pakistan on December 10 in the upcoming ACC Men’s U-19 Asia Cup cricket tournament, the matches for which were announced on Wednesday. Eight teams will compete for the top prize in the 50-over event organized by Emirates Cricket Board in Dubai. Defending champions India will start their campaign against Afghanistan on December 8.
Pakistan will play Nepal in the other match of the opening day. The teams are divided into two groups of four each. India, Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan have been placed in Group A. Bangladesh, Japan, Sri Lanka and host nation UAE are included in Pool B.
The top two teams from each of the two groups will advance to the semi-finals to be played on December 15. The tournament final will be played at the Dubai International Stadium on December 17.
All group matches and semi-finals will be played at the ICC Academy Ovals 1 and 2. All tournament matches will start at 9.30am local time (11am IST). Meanwhile, India will be led by Uday Saharan while Saumy Kumar Pandey will be his deputy.
The Men in Blue are the most successful team in the history of the event with eight titles to their name. The BCCI has named a squad of 15 members and three standby players. Four additional reserve players have also been appointed. However, they do not travel sideways.
India U-19 squad: Uday Saharan (captain), Saumy Kumar Pandey (vice-captain), Arshin Kulkarni, Adarsh Singh, Rudra Mayur Patel, Sachin Dhas, Priyanshu Moliya, Musheer Khan, Dhanush Gowda, Avinash Rao (wk), M Abhishek, Innesh Mahajan (wk ), Aardhya Shukla, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari.
Standby players: Prem Devkar, Ansh Gosai, Mohammed Amaan.
Reserve players: Digvijay Patim Jayanth Goyat, P Vignesh, Kiran Chormale