ICC Men's Under-19 World Cup 2025/26

[Sithara007]

Ireland Under-19s and Japan Under-19s will play their last game today and that will only be for them to end the tornament on a high note. Ireland is more likely to win this game as they are a better team, but if Japan can somehow win this one, it will be like winning the World Cup for them 

Also, the other game in this group between the Australian Under 19 and the Sri Lankan Under 19 will decide who will finish at the top of the group, and getting that position also holds significant importance.

Japan has so far performed decently. And remember that are not considered as an "established" associate team, unlike the case with Scotland or USA. Their bowling has been weak (conceding 387 runs against the Sri Lanka Under-19s). But they have more than made up for that with their batting. Hugo Tani-Kelly has so far scored 180 runs from two matches, and he is yet to be dismissed. Talking about Ireland, 17-year old Robert O'Brien scored 79 against the Australia Under-19s. He is the nephew of former Ireland allrounder Kevin O'Brien.

[ZAINmalik75]

Also, the other game in this group between the Australian Under 19 and the Sri Lankan Under 19 will decide who will finish at the top of the group, and getting that position also holds significant importance.

Undoubtedly Aussies will dominate as thier is no comparison between then in term of talent and team strength morever mindset building has really put Aussies at next level like make them undisputed for cricketing world.

Anyway we have an interesting final clash between Pakistan u19 and Zimbabwe before head into their super 6 journey, while the interesting things is that finally Pakistani young gem superstar the horrible dream for Indian team Sameer Ahmed Minhas back in touch after some down's at back to back previous innings, but now his comeback will really backed team confident as his innings really set base for green shirt early on and keep his opponent at under pressure just like we have seen at Asia cup final against Indian team.

[noormcs5]

Anyway we have an interesting final clash between Pakistan u19 and Zimbabwe before head into their super 6 journey, while the interesting things is that finally Pakistani young gem superstar the horrible dream for Indian team Sameer Ahmed Minhas back in touch after some down's at back to back previous innings, but now his comeback will really backed team confident as his innings really set base for green shirt early on and keep his opponent at under pressure just like we have seen at Asia cup final against Indian team.

Well this match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe under 19 team wasn't interesting at all and it ended up in just boring one sided game. The fate of the game was decided already when the Zimbabwe team were all out making only 128 runs. Nathaniel Hlabangana was the best among all the batsmen who made 59 runs and saw other batsmen losing wickets without making any runs.

With this, the Pakistan Under 19s ended up on the 2nd position in group C while England ended up on top without losing any match. Zimbabwe and Scotland couldn't win any match and the one match that was played between them was abandoned due to rain.

[UmerIdrees]

Well this match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe under 19 team wasn't interesting at all and it ended up in just boring one sided game. The fate of the game was decided already when the Zimbabwe team were all out making only 128 runs. Nathaniel Hlabangana was the best among all the batsmen who made 59 runs and saw other batsmen losing wickets without making any runs.

With this, the Pakistan Under 19s ended up on the 2nd position in group C while England ended up on top without losing any match. Zimbabwe and Scotland couldn't win any match and the one match that was played between them was abandoned due to rain.

Well since I am supporting Pakistan, finally they played this match confidently and won it by a huge margin. They were good in both batting and bowling and such a win was needed to boost their confidence. Although the Zimbabwe Under 19 team isn't that strong but still they were the ones who have the ability to do an upset.

Anyways, Ali Raza and Mohammad Sayyam had a good bowling spell in this match. Three wickets for Ali Raza and almost every other bowler got two wickets each.

[Sithara007]

Well since I am supporting Pakistan, finally they played this match confidently and won it by a huge margin. They were good in both batting and bowling and such a win was needed to boost their confidence. Although the Zimbabwe Under 19 team isn't that strong but still they were the ones who have the ability to do an upset.

Anyways, Ali Raza and Mohammad Sayyam had a good bowling spell in this match. Three wickets for Ali Raza and almost every other bowler got two wickets each.

What the Pakistanis did in this match was very unethical. They were scoring at around 10 runs per over, and then the message was conveyed to batsmen from the dressing room. Suddenly the scoring rate went down to 3 runs per over. And as soon as Zimbabwe overtook Scotland in Net Run Rate, the Pakistani batsmen hit two consecutive sixes and finished the match. For me, this is pure match fixing. Two of the full members doing some behind the back dealings, so that an associate member could be kept out of the Super-12 stage. ICC should investigate this and impose necessary penalties on both the teams.

[Smack That Ace]

What the Pakistanis did in this match was very unethical. They were scoring at around 10 runs per over, and then the message was conveyed to batsmen from the dressing room. Suddenly the scoring rate went down to 3 runs per over. And as soon as Zimbabwe overtook Scotland in Net Run Rate, the Pakistani batsmen hit two consecutive sixes and finished the match. For me, this is pure match fixing. Two of the full members doing some behind the back dealings, so that an associate member could be kept out of the Super-12 stage. ICC should investigate this and impose necessary penalties on both the teams.

It was a completely one-sided match. Pakistan won by dominating. I partially agree with you that it is possible that it was match-fixing. Pakistan has this record. Pakistan  had scored 66 runs in the first 10 overs. But then suddenly their batting became very slow for no reason. There were two talented batsmen at the crease. They did not lose wickets quickly either. They had enough opportunities to bat at a decent strike rate. But they did not do it. They scored  66 runs in the first 60 balls but the next 66 runs they scored from 98 balls. Ahmed hussain played an innings of only 24 runs from 53 balls.

[noormcs5]

What the Pakistanis did in this match was very unethical. They were scoring at around 10 runs per over, and then the message was conveyed to batsmen from the dressing room. Suddenly the scoring rate went down to 3 runs per over. And as soon as Zimbabwe overtook Scotland in Net Run Rate, the Pakistani batsmen hit two consecutive sixes and finished the match. For me, this is pure match fixing. Two of the full members doing some behind the back dealings, so that an associate member could be kept out of the Super-12 stage. ICC should investigate this and impose necessary penalties on both the teams.

It was a completely one-sided match. Pakistan won by dominating. I partially agree with you that it is possible that it was match-fixing. Pakistan has this record. Pakistan  had scored 66 runs in the first 10 overs. But then suddenly their batting became very slow for no reason. There were two talented batsmen at the crease. They did not lose wickets quickly either. They had enough opportunities to bat at a decent strike rate. But they did not do it. They scored  66 runs in the first 60 balls but the next 66 runs they scored from 98 balls. Ahmed hussain played an innings of only 24 runs from 53 balls.

Even if they did this, Zimbabwe and Scotland are never going to qualify for the next round, so what benefit does it bring to one team  

Pakistan got four points and somehow they qualified for the next stages, England on the number one by dominating to every team of the group including Pakistan and all other while Pakistan only won against the weaker sides like Zimbabwe as well as Scotland. Now Pakistan has a couple of games to win in super Sixes and then they may qualify for the semi-final and final matches. The opponent of the Pakistan team has not been decided yet , but the date of their next game is the 27th of January.

[wozzek23]

Yesterday was good for West Indian cricket as they saved their whitewash against Afghanistan in Dubai and West Indies U19 team managed a shocking win against favourite South Africa U19 for having second spot in their group D, because West Indies U19 bowled out on 234 in 47.5 overs, Zachary Carter registered his century in this event which helped his team for having this total on board.

South Africa U19 has been doing good in early matches and this total was looking easy, but they bowled out on 179 runs in just 37 overs which handed them big lost against unpredictable West Indies U19. Shaquan Belle 6 for 40 made things all the way and have good end of their group games in this event. I lost my bet still enjoyed thrills along with this rollercoaster match.

[UmerIdrees]

Good game by the Pakistan team, wonderful bowling as well as batting effort. They tried their best and now their next mission is play the next stage of the tornament.

However, like this, when we have multiple teams in different groups, it also boosts the excitement as early in the first group stages, games were missing. The good teams often dominate and less strong teams also give good competition while in the next stages, the tournament becomes even more exciting.

In fact every game is do or die that if we take the example of pakistan, they lost their first game against England but then domination to every other team, now they have more important games, if they lose even a single match, it really hurts their position and at the same time if they wins these games then they have to win all the further games inclduing semi final and final at any cost.

[welovebit]

Well since I am supporting Pakistan, finally they played this match confidently and won it by a huge margin. They were good in both batting and bowling and such a win was needed to boost their confidence. Although the Zimbabwe Under 19 team isn't that strong but still they were the ones who have the ability to do an upset.

Anyways, Ali Raza and Mohammad Sayyam had a good bowling spell in this match. Three wickets for Ali Raza and almost every other bowler got two wickets each.

What the Pakistanis did in this match was very unethical. They were scoring at around 10 runs per over, and then the message was conveyed to batsmen from the dressing room. Suddenly the scoring rate went down to 3 runs per over. And as soon as Zimbabwe overtook Scotland in Net Run Rate, the Pakistani batsmen hit two consecutive sixes and finished the match. For me, this is pure match fixing. Two of the full members doing some behind the back dealings, so that an associate member could be kept out of the Super-12 stage. ICC should investigate this and impose necessary penalties on both the teams.

Everyone is having own mind with mostly peoples wants to stay with their own interest and view even I am also against these things in sports, but these are not new because cricket history have many times situations like this.

https://thecommonmanspeaks.com/1999-world-cup-australia-west-indies/

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/1999/may/31/cricketworldcup1999.cricketworldcup5

After this I want to tell not shaking hands on sports grounds with opponents and always engaging politics in sports for own interest is unethical always needs to keep balance while talking about ethical things because these will bring more transparency.

[virasog]

After some rain, the match has finally started and three overs have been lost out of 50. New Zealand Under-19s is struggling a bit right now, as we can see 5 overs down and they are still on 7 runs even in the loss of one wicket.

They must up their run rate and make sure to have a big target. However, if we think with a different perspective, it is a super important game for the team New Zealand because India Under-19s is already qualified for the next round, but New Zealand Under-19s has not yet. India with four points is likely to go to super sixes and New Zealand has two points right now, must win this.

[UmerIdrees]

Well since I am supporting Pakistan, finally they played this match confidently and won it by a huge margin. They were good in both batting and bowling and such a win was needed to boost their confidence. Although the Zimbabwe Under 19 team isn't that strong but still they were the ones who have the ability to do an upset.

Anyways, Ali Raza and Mohammad Sayyam had a good bowling spell in this match. Three wickets for Ali Raza and almost every other bowler got two wickets each.

What the Pakistanis did in this match was very unethical. They were scoring at around 10 runs per over, and then the message was conveyed to batsmen from the dressing room. Suddenly the scoring rate went down to 3 runs per over. And as soon as Zimbabwe overtook Scotland in Net Run Rate, the Pakistani batsmen hit two consecutive sixes and finished the match. For me, this is pure match fixing. Two of the full members doing some behind the back dealings, so that an associate member could be kept out of the Super-12 stage. ICC should investigate this and impose necessary penalties on both the teams.

Everyone is having own mind with mostly peoples wants to stay with their own interest and view even I am also against these things in sports, but these are not new because cricket history have many times situations like this.

https://thecommonmanspeaks.com/1999-world-cup-australia-west-indies/

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/1999/may/31/cricketworldcup1999.cricketworldcup5

After this I want to tell not shaking hands on sports grounds with opponents and always engaging politics in sports for own interest is unethical always needs to keep balance while talking about ethical things because these will bring more transparency.

You made a valid point here. Indian captain not shaking hands at the toss, Indian team not willing to travel to Pakistan for Asia Cup and also not willing to take the throphy by the hands of PCB chairman are very respectable things that set the standards for the rest of the teams and are really ethical behavior

While Pakistan Under 19 making the game slow for any reason is indeed an unethical act and they must be sue for that  ;

[Sithara007]

After some rain, the match has finally started and three overs have been lost out of 50. New Zealand Under-19s is struggling a bit right now, as we can see 5 overs down and they are still on 7 runs even in the loss of one wicket.

They must up their run rate and make sure to have a big target. However, if we think with a different perspective, it is a super important game for the team New Zealand because India Under-19s is already qualified for the next round, but New Zealand Under-19s has not yet. India with four points is likely to go to super sixes and New Zealand has two points right now, must win this.

New Zealand Under-19s seems to be in deep shit. After 12 overs, they are 25/5. India Under-19s did the right thing by choosing to bat first. RS Ambrish has taken 3 wickets till now, while Henil Patel and Khilan Patel have one each to their name. New Zealand will still be in Super-12 even if they lose this match. Because they have 2 points from two matches that were washed out, while Bangladesh has 3 points from 3 matches. And I don't think that India will do some sort of match fixing, similar to what Pakistan did during their match against Zimbabwe Under-19s.

[redsun114]

After some rain, the match has finally started and three overs have been lost out of 50. New Zealand Under-19s is struggling a bit right now, as we can see 5 overs down and they are still on 7 runs even in the loss of one wicket.

They must up their run rate and make sure to have a big target. However, if we think with a different perspective, it is a super important game for the team New Zealand because India Under-19s is already qualified for the next round, but New Zealand Under-19s has not yet. India with four points is likely to go to super sixes and New Zealand has two points right now, must win this.

New Zealand U19 team did not have a full match in this event so far due to rain but today luckily they are having chance of full game, but they are going to lose this as well because they are bundled out on 135 runs in 36 overs. Indian U19's attack done a good work for having upper hand, RS Ambrish 4 for 29 and Henil Patel 3 for 23 have done good job.

While now Indian U19 on chase needs 130 runs from 37 overs having not good start lost early wicket but now their star batsman Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on crease with his blitzing hitting 27 runs from 4 overs means that they will do this quickly and have top spot in group B, Super Sixes could be fun to watch with big teams will entertain fans.

[Doll2233]

After some rain, the match has finally started and three overs have been lost out of 50. New Zealand Under-19s is struggling a bit right now, as we can see 5 overs down and they are still on 7 runs even in the loss of one wicket.

They must up their run rate and make sure to have a big target. However, if we think with a different perspective, it is a super important game for the team New Zealand because India Under-19s is already qualified for the next round, but New Zealand Under-19s has not yet. India with four points is likely to go to super sixes and New Zealand has two points right now, must win this.

New Zealand Under-19s seems to be in deep shit. After 12 overs, they are 25/5. India Under-19s did the right thing by choosing to bat first. RS Ambrish has taken 3 wickets till now, while Henil Patel and Khilan Patel have one each to their name. New Zealand will still be in Super-12 even if they lose this match. Because they have 2 points from two matches that were washed out, while Bangladesh has 3 points from 3 matches. And I don't think that India will do some sort of match fixing, similar to what Pakistan did during their match against Zimbabwe Under-19s.

New Zealand Under-19s player Very poor inning. No one could stay on crease for long time. They gave back to back wickets. Format was long if they make 6 runs in per over then a good total could be build but they did not follow this thing and showed poor performance. No partnership no highest runs by New Zealand team. At least a partnership they build but the result was zero from batting side. Also In bowling side they performed same thing as they showed in batting. All bowlers approximately near to 10 economy rate.
If we talk about India Under-19s team then they are appreciate able due to his performance. They out all team in just 36.2 overs. They gave only 135 runs and it was not expensive. They bowled outstanding in this inning, RS Ambrish bowled very well he took 4 wickets also Henil Patel bowled well he got 3 wickets, remaining other players was good in bowling. In batting line they batted well. They won the match easily on the basis of DLS method.

[doomloop]

With the game played between India U19 vs New Zealand u19, now lineup is completed for the Super Sixes,

Group A teams: Australia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies, South Africa and Ireland.

Group B teams:  India, England, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand and Zimbabwe.

In group A, top teams are not going to be challenged whereas Australia and Afghanistan are with the top most chances to dominate and both will be going through for the spots of semifinals.

Group B is going to be interesting because England and India both are having advantage with full points and the last game of this group is going to be played between India and Pakistan.

My predictions for semifinal spots: Australia, Afghanistan, India and England

What are your predictions about top four.

[ZAINmalik75]

After some rain, the match has finally started and three overs have been lost out of 50. New Zealand Under-19s is struggling a bit right now, as we can see 5 overs down and they are still on 7 runs even in the loss of one wicket.

They must up their run rate and make sure to have a big target. However, if we think with a different perspective, it is a super important game for the team New Zealand because India Under-19s is already qualified for the next round, but New Zealand Under-19s has not yet. India with four points is likely to go to super sixes and New Zealand has two points right now, must win this.

As expected Indian u19 has filled the required and secure a valuable victory, no doubt it was difficult track for batter to utilize and that's why black caps struggle to put some handosme number on board to defend. However target wasn't that big which results in Indian top order smashed opponent hard and finish things at 14th over, Although it was a do or die match for kiwis because rain has already runied thier two matches and that's why Bangladesh were a head from them in term of standing, while unfortunately after loss kiwis got officially out of tournament as things head toward super 6.

[UmerIdrees]

As expected Indian u19 has filled the required and secure a valuable victory, no doubt it was difficult track for batter to utilize and that's why black caps struggle to put some handosme number on board to defend. However target wasn't that big which results in Indian top order smashed opponent hard and finish things at 14th over, Although it was a do or die match for kiwis because rain has already runied thier two matches and that's why Bangladesh were a head from them in term of standing, while unfortunately after loss kiwis got officially out of tournament as things head toward super 6.

India Under-19s had a super easy win in the 24th game of the ICC Men's Under-19 World Cup. Already before the rain, the pitch was pretty wet and India won the toss and decided to bowl first it was so good that they gets the pitch advantage as well and later New Zealand Under-19s were also struggling to score some runs but due to losing wickets from the second end, they got stuck on 135 runs and this time the game was almost finish for New Zealand Under-19s when India Under-19s came to bat, they were taking it T20 and chased the target on the 13th over.

[Bd officer]

The group stage of ICC Under 19 World Cup 2026 has ended. The Super Six matches have started from today. Today there are two matches of Super Six Group 1. The first match started between Australia U19 vs South Africa U19, in this match South Africa U19 batted first and were all out for just 118 runs, which was not enough target, so Australia U19 will easily win this match. So far Australia U19 has scored 44 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 11 overs, they need only 75 runs to win.

On the other hand, in the match between West Indies U19 vs Ireland U19, West Indies U19 has been all out for 226 runs. Ireland needs to score 227 runs to win. Let's see which team can win this match.

[wozzek23]

With the game played between India U19 vs New Zealand u19, now lineup is completed for the Super Sixes,

Yeah,  ICC Men U19 world cup entered into Super Sixes phase today, first game is being played between Australia U19 vs South Africa U19 while second game is between West Indies U19 vs Ireland U19 fans are expecting some competitive cricket from top teams but right now Australia U19 beat South Africa U19 by four wickets margin and in another game, Ireland U19 needs another 135 runs from 29 overs with 7 wickets in hand.

What are your predictions about top four.

I agree with your prediction of Australia, Afghanistan, India and England line up for semi final whereas I expect India - Australia in final. Afghanistan U19 must be a surprise package in this edition of U19 world cup if I am wrong then Australia - Afghanistan or India - Afghanistan final would be the another highly possible final.