BCCI has announced the Indian squad for the Under-19 World Cup 2026 and South Africa tour. The team will be captained by Ayush Mhatre, while Vihaan Malhotra will be the vice-captain. Vaibhav Suryavanshi will also be a part of this team. The Under-19 Cricket World Cup will be played in 50-over format, which will be played from 15 January-6 February. Zimbabwe and Namibia are going to host the World Cup together.

Before that, the Indian Under-19 team will tour South Africa, where it has to play 3 ODI matches. This ODI series will be played from January 3-January 7.

Indian squad for Under-19 World Cup: Ayush Mhatre (captain), Vihaan Malhotra (vice-captain), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Aaron George, Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu, Harvansh Singh, RS Ambrish, Kanishk Chauhan, Khilan A Patel, Mohammad Inan, Henil Patel, D Deepesh, Kishan Kumar Singh, Uddhav Mohan.

Indian squad for South Africa series: Vaibhav Suryavanshi (captain), Aaron George (vice-captain), Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu (wicketkeeper), Harvansh Singh (wicketkeeper), RS Ambrish, Kanishk Chauhan, Khilan A Patel, Mohammad Inan, Henil Patel, D Deepesh, Kishan Kumar Singh, Udhav Mohan, Yuvraj Gohil, Rahul Kumar

Captain and vice-captain will not play against South Africa

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has also shared information that captain Ayush Mhatre and vice-captain Vihaan Malhotra have suffered wrist injuries, due to which they will not play in the series against South Africa. Before joining the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup team, Ayush Mhatre and Vihaan Malhotra will have to inform BCCI’s Center of Excellence.

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India’s U19 squad for South Africa tour and ICC Men’s U19 World Cup announced.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 27, 2025

India’s schedule for the World Cup

A total of 16 teams will participate in the Under-19 World Cup 2026. India has been placed in Group B along with New Zealand, USA and Bangladesh. Team India will start its World Cup campaign with a match against USA on January 15, its second match will be against Bangladesh on January 17 and India’s last league match will be against New Zealand on January 24.

There is great news for the Under-19 players of Pakistan cricket team. Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced to give a special cash prize of one crore Pakistani rupees to all the players of his country’s Under-19 Asia Cup winning team on Monday, December 22, 2025. Pakistan’s youth team won its first title by defeating India by 191 runs in the final match played in Dubai on Sunday, 21 December. Sharif made this announcement at a welcome ceremony organized for the team and its support staff in Islamabad.

Team mentor and manager Sarfaraz Ahmed gave a statement

After the welcome ceremony held in Islamabad, team mentor and manager Sarfaraz Ahmed told the media that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced a cash prize of Rs 1 crore for each player. Earlier, according to reports, Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi had announced a cash prize of Rs 50 lakh each for the players of the junior team that won the Asia Cup.

Sameer Minhas was the hero of the victory against India

In the final match of Under-19 Asia Cup 2025, Pakistan defeated the Indian team by a margin of 191 runs. The hero of Pakistan’s victory was Sameer Minhas, who played an excellent inning of 172 runs in 113 balls with the help of 9 sixes and 17 fours. In bowling for Pakistan, Ali Raza bowled brilliantly and took 4 important wickets for 42 runs in 6.2 overs. Apart from Ali, Mohammad Sayyam, Abdul Subhan and Huzaifa Ehsan also took 2 wickets each.

BCCI sought answers after the defeat from Pakistan

BCCI is looking strict after India’s embarrassing defeat to Pakistan in the Under-19 Asia Cup. This time BCCI will not depend only on the written report of the team manager. BCCI has asked for direct talks with head coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar and captain Ayush Mhatre and answers on their performance in the final match.

Pakistan has become the new champion of Under-19 Asia Cup. Pakistan defeated India by 191 runs in the final of 2025 Under-19 Asia Cup. In the title match, after playing first, Pakistan had scored 347 runs thanks to the stormy century of Sameer Minhas. In response, Team India was all out for only 156 runs. All the stars including Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre were flops.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out for India in the final after scoring 26 runs in 10 balls. Captain Ayush Mhatre could score only two runs. Six Indian players could not touch double figures. Deepesh Devendran, who came at number 10, scored the most runs. He played an inning of 36 runs in 16 balls. In bowling for Pakistan, Ali Raza took 4 wickets for 42 runs. Apart from this, Mohammad Sayam, Abdul Subhan and Huzaifa Ehsan took two wickets each.

India had a very bad start, all the stars flopped

The Indian team, which came to chase the huge target of 348 runs from Pakistan, had a very bad start. India’s first wicket fell on the score of 32 in the third over. Ayush Mhatre was out after scoring two runs in seven balls. Then Aaron George left after scoring 16 runs in 9 balls. After this, Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out after scoring 26 runs in 10 balls with the help of one four and 3 sixes.

No top order Indian batsman batted steadily. Everyone was out in the pursuit of scoring runs quickly. Vedant Trivedi was out after scoring 9 runs in 14 balls, Abhigyan Kundu after scoring 13 runs in 20 balls, Kanishk Chauhan after scoring 9 runs in 23 balls and Khilan Patel was out after scoring 19 runs in 23 balls. After this Henil Patel 6 and Deepesh Devendran 36 returned to the pavilion.

Sameer Minhas played an inning of 172 runs

Earlier in batting, opener Sameer Minhas played a brilliant inning of 172 runs in 113 balls for Pakistan. During this period, 17 fours and 9 sixes came from his bat. In the final, Sameer completed his century in just 71 balls. Thanks to Sameer’s stormy batting, Pakistan scored 347 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs in the title match.

The final match of the 2025 Under-19 Asia Cup is being played between India and Pakistan in Dubai. After electing to bat first, Pakistan gave India a huge target of 348 runs. However, at one time Pakistan’s score was beyond 300 for just 3 wickets in 43 overs, but in the last overs, the Indian bowlers bowled brilliantly and restricted Pakistan to within 350. For Pakistan, opener Sameer Minhas played an explosive inning of 172 runs in 113 balls. During this period, 17 fours and 9 sixes came from his bat. Whereas for India, Deepesh Devendran took maximum three wickets.

To win the title, India will have to make the biggest run chase in the title match in the history of Under-19 Asia Cup. Pakistan has scored the highest score in the final of Under-19 Asia Cup. Pakistan scored 347 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs. Now the Indian team will have big expectations from Vaibhav Suryavanshi and captain Ayush Mhatre.

After losing the toss and coming to bat first, Pakistan Under-19 team managed to make a fast start. In a 50-50 over match, the score was beyond 30 in just 3 overs. The first wicket fell in the fourth over. Hamza Zahoor was out after scoring 18 runs in 14 balls. Two sixes and one four came from his bat. Usman Khan, who came at number three, played an innings of 35 runs in 45 balls with the help of three fours and one six.

From one side, Sameer Minhas was scoring runs rapidly. The other side was batting with caution. Number four Ahmed Hussain played a half-century innings of 56 runs in 72 balls. However, Sameer Minhas was playing openly. Sameer played a brilliant inning of 172 runs in 113 balls with the help of 17 fours and 9 sixes. Captain Farhan Yusuf scored 19 runs in 18 balls. Two fours and a six came from his bat.

As soon as Sameer Minhas was out, the Pakistani batsmen were out on the lines of ‘Tu chal main aaya’. Indian bowlers gave only 45 runs in the last 7 overs. For India, Deepesh Devendran took three wickets for 83 runs in 10 overs. Khilan Patel took 2 wickets for just 44 runs in 10 overs. Henal Patel also got two successes.

India’s Under-19 team also did not shake hands with Pakistan players. Both the teams faced each other today in the Under-19 Asia Cup, in which India registered a spectacular victory by 90 runs. Batting first, India had scored 240 runs. While chasing the target, the entire Pakistan team collapsed for 150 runs. Even on the toss, Ayush Mhatre did not shake hands with the Pakistan captain.

Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, India did not shake hands with Pakistan players in the Asia Cup held this year. Surya did not shake hands even at the toss, nor did other players shake hands with Pakistan after the match was over. There was a lot of controversy on this also. India and Pakistan faced each other thrice in the Asia Cup, including the final, all three times India’s ‘no handshake’ policy continued, the Under-19 team also followed the same path.

Indian players did not shake hands with Pakistan

In the Under-19 Asia Cup, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. After the toss, Indian captain Ayush Mhatre ignored Pakistani captain Farhan Yusuf. Even after the match was over, Indian players did not shake hands with Pakistani players.

A report claimed that before this match the ICC had requested India to give up the no handshake policy. While making this demand, ICC had also made it clear that the final decision will be of BCCI, if it wants to continue it then it will have to inform the match referee in advance.

With a dominant performance, India U19 register a huge win and qualify for the semis with a game to spare #DPWorldMensU19AsiaCup2025 #INDvPAK #ACC pic.twitter.com/DXvCciPJEq

— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) December 14, 2025

Kanishk Chauhan received POTM Award

Batting first, India had scored 240 runs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi could score only 5 runs today. Aaron Varghese played a brilliant inning of 85 runs, Kanishk Chauhan played an important inning of 46 runs. Kanishk also performed brilliantly in bowling, taking 3 wickets for 33 runs in 10 overs. The entire Pakistan team collapsed for 150 runs. India won this match by 90 runs.

The organization of ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2025 has started from Friday. India Under-19 team scored a huge score of 433 runs in the first match, in which Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an amazing inning of 171 runs. Now India’s next match is with Pakistan, both are included in the same group. Know when and what time this match will start. Match live broadcast and live streaming details.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an explosive inning of 171 runs in 95 balls against Malaysia. In this innings Vaibhav hit 14 sixes and 9 fours. That means he scored 120 runs only through boundaries. Aaron Varghese (69) and Vihaan Malhotra (69) scored half-centuries.

When will the IND U19 vs PAK U19 match be played?

The Asia Cup match between Indian Under-19 and Pakistan Under-19 team will be played on Sunday, 14 December.

Venue of India Under-19 vs Pakistan Under-19 match

ICC Academy Ground, Dubai.

What time will India vs Pakistan match start?

The match will start at 9 am local time. The match will start at 10:30 am according to Indian time.

On which channel to watch India Under-19 vs Pakistan Under-19 match live?

India vs Pakistan match in Under-19 Asia Cup will be telecast live on Sony Sports Network channel.

On which app to watch India Under-19 vs Pakistan Under-19 match live?

Live streaming of India vs Pakistan match in Under-19 Asia Cup will be on Sony Liv app and website.

Indian Under-19 Squad

Ayush Mhatre (captain), Vihaan Malhotra (vice-captain), Kanishk Chauhan, D. Deepesh, Aaron George, Yuvraj Gohil, Abhigyan Kundu (wicketkeeper), Udhav Mohan, Henil Patel, Khilan A. Patel, Naman Pushpak, Harvansh Singh (wicket keeper), Kishan Kumar Singh, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vedant Trivedi.

Pakistan Under-19 Squad

Farhan Yousuf (captain), Usman Khan (vice-captain), Huzaifa Ahsan, Ali Hasan Baloch, Ahmed Hussain, Mohammad Huzaifa, Daniyal Ali Khan, Sameer Minhas, Momin Qamar, Ali Raza, Mohammad Syam, Niqab Shafiq, Mohammad Shayan (wicketkeeper), Abdul Subhan, Hamza Zahoor (wicketkeeper).

ACC U-19 Asia Cup Team

• Group A- India, Malaysia, Pakistan, UAE.
• Group B- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka.

Under-19 Asia Cup has started from today, the first match of the tournament was played between India and UAE. In this match played in Dubai, Vaibhav Suryavanshi created a ruckus by playing an inning of 171 runs. In this innings he hit fours and sixes. Playing first, the Indian team scored a huge score of 433 runs in the stipulated 50 overs. Apart from Suryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra and Aaron George scored half-centuries for India.

The Indian team had a bad start as Ayush Mhatre was out after scoring just 4 runs. After that there was a partnership of 212 runs between Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Aaron George. George was out after scoring 69 runs, but Vaibhav Suryavanshi was seen in a different mood.

20 sixes and 31 fours

India hit a total of 20 sixes and 31 fours while scoring 433 runs. Out of these 20, 14 sixes were hit by Vaibhav Suryavanshi alone, who was out after scoring 171 runs. Vihaan Malhotra also contributed 69 runs. Vedant Trivedi scored 38 runs and Abhigyan Kundu made important contributions in taking Team India beyond 400. Kundu returned unbeaten after scoring 32 runs in 17 balls. Apart from Abhigyan Kundu, Kanishk Chauhan also batted brilliantly and scored 28 runs in 12 balls.

Third highest score in Under-19 ODI history

India has made the third highest score in the history of Under-19 ODI cricket. Earlier, India’s highest score in an Under-19 ODI match was 425, which it made against Scotland in 2004. Now Team India has scored 433 runs. The highest score in ODI cricket at Under-19 level is 480, which was made by Australia against Kenya in 2002. The second highest score is in the name of New Zealand, which scored 436 runs against Kenya in 2018.

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Group stage matches of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 are ongoing. Most of the teams have played 6-6 matches. Ayush Mhatre, who was earlier the top run scorer, has now slipped to second place. Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma is in third place, although he will now be seen in the T20 series against South Africa. Currently, Rajasthan team’s Ashok Sharma has the most wickets in the tournament, Yash Thakur is at the second place.

On Saturday, against Tripura, Kunal Chandela of Uttarakhand played an inning of 51 runs in 37 balls and became the top run scorer of the tournament. Ayush Mhatre has come at second place, this was the sixth match of Uttarakhand, after which Kunal has scored a total of 343 runs in 6 innings. Ayush Mhatre, who reached second place, has scored 325 runs in 6 matches. Ayush has scored 2 centuries so far. Whereas Kunal’s highest innings is 94 runs.

Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma is at third place with 304 runs, but he will now join the national team for the 5-match T20 series against South Africa. Ishan Kishan is at number 7 in the top-10 list, who has scored 271 runs in 6 matches.

Top-10 run scorer in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

1. Kunal Chandela (Uttarakhand)- 343
2. Ayush Mhatre (Mumbai)- 325
3. Abhishek Sharma (Punjab)- 304
4. Ravichandran Smaran (Karnataka)- 295
5. Yashvardhan Dalal (Haryana)- 288
6. Devdutt Padikkal (Karnataka)- 277
7. Ishan Kishan (Jharkhand)- 271
8. Manan Vohra (Chandigarh)- 267
9. Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal)- 255
10. Priyojit Singh (Manipur)- 239

Ashok Sharma, currently playing for Rajasthan, has the most wickets in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026, who has taken 18 wickets in 6 matches. Yash Thakur of Vidarbha is at second place with 14 wickets.

Top 10 wicket takers in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

1. Ashok Sharma (Rajasthan)- 18
2. Yash Thakur (Vidarbha)- 14
3. KM Asif (Kerala)- 13
4. Anshul Kamboj (Haryana)- 13
5. Mukhtar Hussain (Assam)- 13
6. Vipraj Nigam (Uttar Pradesh)- 13
7. Rajesh Mohanty (Odisha)- 12
8. Aaqib Nabi (Jammu and Kashmir)- 12
9. Raj Limbani (Baroda)- 12
10. Rajan Kumar (Uttarakhand)- 12

Ayush Mhatre, who plays for Mumbai, has created havoc in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. After scoring centuries in consecutive T20 matches, he has now scored a half-century in the match against Chhattisgarh. Mhatre made an important contribution in helping Mumbai win by 8 wickets by playing an inning of 69 runs in 49 balls. He has already scored centuries against Vidarbha and Andhra in the same T20 tournament.

Ayush Mhatre is also the highest run scorer in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He has scored 325 runs in 6 matches at an excellent average of 108.33.

In the match played on Saturday, Chhattisgarh team was limited to only 121 runs while playing first. In reply, Ayush Mhatre and Ajinkya Rahane started the innings for Mumbai and added 82 runs for the first wicket. Rahane scored 40 runs. Mhatre stood firm at one end and ensured his team’s victory by playing an innings of 69 runs.

Mumbai team is at the first position in the table in the Elite A group after registering five wins in 6 matches. Let us tell you that according to some media reports, Rohit Sharma can also be seen playing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy matches for Mumbai in the knockout matches.

CSK had retained

Ayush Mhatre was a part of the Chennai Super Kings squad in IPL 2025. CSK included him in their team in the middle of the season as a replacement for Ruturaj Gaikwad. Now before the mini auction of IPL 2026, Chennai team has retained Mhatre. 18 year old Ayush Mhatre scored 240 runs in 7 IPL matches. Seeing his amazing performance, CSK will have high expectations from him in IPL 2026 also.

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Till Tuesday, almost all the teams have played 4-4 matches in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026. Ishan Kishan, playing for Jharkhand, played a brilliant inning of 93 runs against Saurashtra on Tuesday, after which he has moved above Abhishek Sharma in the list of top-10 batsmen who have scored the most runs in the tournament. At number one is Ayush Mhatre of Mumbai, who has so far scored 2 centuries in 4 innings.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 Top Run Scorer

Ayush Mhatre is currently the highest run-scorer in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026. He has scored a total of 253 runs in 4 innings. Mumbai player Ayush had scored unbeaten 110 against Vidarbha and unbeaten 104 against Andhra, today against Assam he was out after scoring only 21 runs.

Punjab captain Abhishek is at fourth place in the list, who has scored a total of 208 runs in 4 innings. Abhishek had played a historic inning of 148 runs against Bengal. Abhishek also scored a half-century (50) against Baroda today.

Ishan Kishan reached second place

Jharkhand captain Ishan Kishan today played an inning of 93 runs in 50 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 11 fours against Saurashtra. After this innings, he reached second place in the list by defeating Abhishek and Kunal Chandela. Ishaan has scored 248 runs in 4 matches. Ishaan had earlier played an unbeaten inning of 113 runs against Tripura. See the list of the top-10 batsmen who have scored the most runs so far in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26.

1. Ayush Mhatre (253)

• Team-Mumbai
• Match-4
• runs- 253
• Highest score- 110*
• century-2
• half century-

2. Ishan Kishan (248)

• Team- Jharkhand
• Match-4
• Run- 248
• Highest score- 113*
• century-1
• Half century- 1

3. Kunal Chandela (229)

• Team- Uttarakhand
• Match-4
• Run- 229
• Highest score- 94
• century-
• Half century- 2

4. Abhishek Sharma (208)

• Team- Punjab
• Match-4
• Run- 208
• Highest score- 148
• Century- 1
• Half century- 1

5. Anmolpreet Singh (204)

• Team- Punjab
• Match-4
• Run- 204
• Highest score- 81
• century-
• Half century- 2

6. Kishan Ligdoh (200)

• Team- Meghalaya
• Match-4
• Run- 200
• Highest score- 115
• Century- 1
• Half century- 1

7. Rohan Sunil Kunnummal (199)

• Team- Kerala
• Match-4
• Run- 199
• Highest score- 121*
• Century- 1
• half century-

8. Ravichandran Recall (193)

• Team- Karnataka
• Match-4
• Run- 193
• Highest score- 67
• century-
• Half century- 1

9. Abhimanyu Easwaran (185)

• Team- Bengal
• Match-4
• Run- 185
• Highest score- 130*
• Century- 1
• Half century- 0

10. Lalit Yadav (181)

• Team- Goa
• Match-4
• Run- 181
• Highest score- 85*
• century-
• Half century- 2