The U-19 World Cup will start on Next 19th January 2024. This session will held at South Africa.16 teams will participate in this World Cup divided into four groups. Total 41 matches will be held in this mega event for youth cricketers.
It is scheduled to be the fifteenth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. India are the defending champions. Nepal became the first team to qualify through regional qualification by defeating UAE in the Asia Qualifier
The squads of 16 team of World Cup at a glance…
Group A
Bangladesh: Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby (Captain), Ahrar Amin (vice-captian), Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman Shibli, Jisan Alam, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Baranya, Adil Bin Siddique, Ariful Islam, Shihab James, Rafi Uzzaman Rafi, Sheikh Parvez Jiban, Rahatuddaullah Barshan, Wasi Siddiqui, Iqbal Hasan Iman and Maruf Mridha.
Team Bangladesh. Photo BCB
India: Uday Saharan (Captain), Saumy Kumar Pandey (vice-captian), Murugan Abhishek, Sachin Dhas, Dhanush Gowda, Musheer Khan, Arshin Kulkarni, Raj Limbani, Innesh Mahajan (wk), Priyanshu Moliya, Rudra Mayur Patel, Aravelly Avanish Rao (wk), Aaradhya Shukla, Adarsh Singh and Naman Tiwari.
Ireland: Philippe le Roux (Captain), Macdara Cosgrave, Harry Dyer, Daniel Forkin, Kian Hilton, Ryan Hunter, Finn Lutton, Scott Macbeth, Carson McCullough, John McNally, Jordan Neill, Oliver Riley, Gavin Roulston, Matthew Weldon and Reuben Wilson.
USA: Rishi Ramesh (Captain), Utkarsh Srivastava (vice-captian), Amogh Arepally, Rayaan Baghani, Aaryan Batra, Khush Bhalala, Prannav Chettipalayam, Arya Garg, Siddarth Kappa, Bhavya Mehta, Aarin Nadkarni, Manav Nayak, Parth Patel, Ateendra Subramanian and
Aryaman Suri.
Group B
South Africa: David Teeger (Captain), Esosa Aihevba, Juan James, Martin Khumalo, Kwena Maphaka, Dewan Marias, Riley Norton, Nqobani Mokoena, Romashan Pillay, Sipho Potsane, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Richard Seletswane, Oliver Whitehead, Steve Stolk, Ntando Zuma and Dewald Brevis.
Team South Africa. Photo CSA
England: Ben McKinney (Captain), Luc Benkenstein, Farhan Ahmed, Tazeem Ali, Charlie Allison, Charlie Barnard, Jack Carney, Jaydn Denly, Eddie Jack, Dominic Kelly, Sebastian Morgan, Haydon Mustard, Hamza Shaikh, Noah Thain and Theo Wylie.
West Indies: Stephan Pascal (Captain),Nathan Sealy (vice-captian), Jewel Andrew, Mavendra Dindyal, Joshua Dorne, Nathan Edward, Tarrique Edward, Reon Edwards, Deshawn James, Jordan Johnson, Devonie Joseph, Raneico Smith, Isai Thorne, Steve Wedderburn and Adrian Weir.
Scotland: Owen Gould (Captain), Uzair Ahmad, Harry Armstrong, Logan Briggs, Jamie Dunk, Bahadar Esakhiel, Ibrahim Faisal,
Rory Grant, Adi Hegde, Mackenzie Jones, Farhan Khan, Qasim Khan, Nikhil Koteeswaran, Ruaridh McIntyre and Alec Price.
Group C
Australia: Lachlan Aitken, Charlie Anderson, Harkirat Bajwa, Mahli Beardman, Tom Campbell, Harry Dixon, Ryan Hicks, Sam Konstas, Rafael MacMillan, Aidan O’Connor, Harjas Singh, Tom Straker, Callum Vidler, Corey Wasley, Hugh Weibgen.
Namibia: Alex Volschenk (Captain), Gerhard Janse Van Rensburg, Ben Brassell, Hanro Badenhorst, Jack Brassell, Junior Kariata, Pd Blignaut, Faf Du Plessis, Hansie De Villiers, Ryan Moffett, Woutie Niehaus, Nico Pieters, Jw Visagie, Henry Van Wyk and Zacheo Van Vuuren.
Sri Lanka: Sineth Jayawardena (Captain), Malsha Tharupathi (vice-captian), Rusanda Gamage, Vishen Halambage, Dinura Kalupahana, Hirun Kapurubandara, Vishwa Lahiru, Pulindu Perera, Ruvishan Perera, Duvindu Ranatunga, Garuka Sanketh, Ravishan De Silva, Sharujan Shanmuganathan, Vihas Thewmika and Supun Waduge.
Team Sri Lanka. Photo- Sri Lanka cricket
Zimbabwe: Matthew Schonken (Captain), Panashe Taruvinga (vice-captian), Nathaniel Hlabangana, Ronak Patel, Campbell MacMillan, Ryan Kamwemba, Brendon Sunguro, Calton Takawira, Anesu Kamuriwo, Newman Nyamhuri, Mashford Shungu, Kohl Eksteen, Panashe Gwatiringa, Shaun Dzakatira and Munashe Chimusoro.
Group D
Afghanistan: Nasir Khan (Captain), Numan Shah (vice-captian), Zahid Afghan, Bashir Ahmad, Khalil Ahmad, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Hassan Eisakhil, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Arab Gul, Ali Ahmad Nasar, Wafiullah Tarakhil, Khalid Taniwal, Jamshid Zadran, Sohail Khan Zurmati and Rahimullah Zurmati.
Nepal: Dev Khanal (Captain), Subash Bhandari, Deepak Bohara, Dipak Bohara, Tilak Raj Bhandari, Akash Chand, Dipak Prasad Dumre, Drugesh Gupta, Gulshan Jha, Arjun Kumal, Bishal Bikram KC, Dipesh Kandel, Uttam Rangu Thapa Magar, Bipin Rawal and Aakask Tripathi.
New Zealand: Oscar Jackson (Captain), Mason Clarke, Sam Clode (wk), Zac Cumming, Rahman Hekmat, Tom Jones, James Nelson, Snehith Reddy, Matt Rowe, Ewald Schreuder, Lachlan Stackpole, Oliver Tewatiya, Alex Thompson (wk), Ryan Tsourgas and Luke Watson.
Team Pakistan. Photo- Twitter
Pakistan: Saad Baig (Captain), Ali Asfand (vice-captian), Ali Raza, Ahmad Hassan, Amir Hassan, Arfat Minhas, Azan Awais, Haroon Arshad, Khubaib Khalil, Mohammad Zeeshan, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Shahzaib Khan, Shamyl Hussain, Muhammad Riazullah and Ubaid Shah.
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