U-19 World Cup Schedule: ICC has released the complete schedule of Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2026. This time many big changes will be seen in the tournament. The biggest change in which is keeping India and Pakistan in separate groups. This means that the two teams will not face each other in the group stage, and their possible encounter can only be in the Super Six or knockouts.

India’s campaign will start from January 15

India will play its first match against America on January 15 in Bulawayo. This match will be a great opportunity for Team India to start the campaign with a win. After this, India will face Bangladesh on 17th January and New Zealand on 24th January. All three matches will be played on the grounds of Bulawayo.

Group A includes America, Bangladesh and New Zealand along with India. The top three teams in the group will enter the Super Six round, where two groups will be formed and each group will have six teams.

The thrill of 41 matches between 16 teams

A total of 16 teams will participate in the tournament. They have been divided into four groups – A, B, C and D of four teams each. A total of 41 matches will be played within 23 days, which include Super Six, semi-finals and final. The groups are as follows:

Group A: India, America, Bangladesh, New Zealand

Group B: Zimbabwe, Pakistan, England, Scotland

Group C: Australia, Ireland, Japan, Sri Lanka

Group D: Tanzania, West Indies, Afghanistan, South Africa

This time Tanzania will participate in this prestigious tournament for the first time, while Japan is returning after 2020.

Matches will be played on five different grounds

The Under-19 World Cup will be held on five grounds in Zimbabwe and Namibia.

In Zimbabwe – Harare Sports Club, Takashinga and Queens Sports Club.

in namibia – Windhoek Cricket Ground and HP Oval.

Practice matches will be held between 9 to 14 January. After this, league stage, Super Six round, two semi-finals and then an exciting final match will be played.

India’s full group-stage schedule

15 January: India vs USA – Bulawayo

17 January: India vs Bangladesh – Bulawayo

24 January: India vs New Zealand – Bulawayo

In the ACC Men’s Asia Cup Rising Stars match played on Sunday, Pakistan A team defeated Indian A team by 8 wickets. After this, a shocking claim was made on social media that after the match was over, the Indian players had gone to shake hands with the Pakistani players, but the players of the Pakistan team left from there. Know the truth of this viral claim, a video of it is also going viral on social media.

The ‘No Handshake’ controversy was first seen in the Asia Cup, when Suryakumar Yadav did not shake hands with Salman Ali Aga at the toss and refused to shake hands with Pakistan players even after winning the match. It was already anticipated that no handshake would continue in the Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament on Sunday. However, the opposite was claimed.

NO WAY Indian players came to shake hands but Pakistani players just walked away India is getting a taste of its own medicine

— paty (nuke fascism) (@_midwicket) November 16, 2025

Posting on social media, a user wrote, “This cannot happen, Indian players came to shake hands with Pakistani players but the Pakistan team left from there. India got to taste its own bitter medicine.”

What is the truth of the viral claim?

However, the viral claim and the truth are completely different. A video also surfaced on social media, in which Pakistani players are shaking hands with each other without any haste. Their support staff are also shaking hands, this clearly shows that no player or staff member from India went to shake hands with Pakistan, nor tried to. So this claim is completely wrong.

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— paty (nuke fascism) (@_midwicket) November 16, 2025

Won the match by 8 wickets

Talking about the match, batting first, the entire India A team was all out for 136 runs in 19 overs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a good inning of 45 runs in 28 balls, but the other opener Priyansh Arya was out after scoring only 10 runs. After this Naman Dheer scored 35 runs in 20 balls. However, the middle order was a complete flop, captain Jitesh Sharma could score only 5 runs. Nehal Vadhera could not even open 8 accounts and Ashutosh Sharma could not open the account.

Chasing the target, Pakistan won in 13.2 overs. Pakistan’s opener Maaz Sadaqat scored unbeaten 79 runs in 47 balls, in this innings he hit 4 sixes and 7 fours.

In the ACC Men’s Asia Cup Rising Stars match played on Sunday, Pakistan defeated India by 8 wickets. Batting first, India A team was all out for 136 runs, although Vaibhav Suryavanshi had given a flying start. He scored 45 runs in 28 balls. In this innings, he got very angry with Pakistan’s fast bowler when he teased him after a missed ball. On the very next ball, Vaibhav hit a brilliant four with the same shot.

Pakistan A fast bowler Ubaid Shah bowled the fourth ball of the third over to Vaibhav Suryavanshi, on which the batsman tried to find the gap and hit a four but he failed. The ball went straight to the fielder, when the bowler tried to tease Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Suryavanshi also did not remain silent.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi said, “Don’t throw the ball.” After this he again said the same, on which Pakistan bowler Ubaid could not say anything. Then he bowled the next ball in a similar manner, on which Vaibhav hit a thumping four over the same fielder.

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— Nihari Korma (@NihariVsKorma) November 17, 2025

Team India lost to Pakistan

Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 45 runs in 28 balls at a strike rate of 160.71, apart from him Naman Dheer batted well and scored 35 runs in 20 balls. But except these two batsmen, no one else was effective. Priyansh Arya was out after scoring 10 runs, captain Jitesh Sharma 5, Nehal Wadhera was out after scoring 8 runs and Ashutosh Sharma could not even open his account.

Pakistan achieved the target of 137 runs in 13.2 overs and won by 8 wickets. Pakistan’s opener Maaz Sadaqat scored unbeaten 79 runs in 47 balls, in this innings he hit 7 fours and 4 sixes. None of the Indian bowlers could make any impact, Gurjapneet Singh conceded 28 runs in 3 overs. Yash Thakur gave 35 runs in 3 overs. Naman Dhir bowled only 8 balls, in which he gave away 27 runs.

IND A vs PAK A: The match between India and Pakistan A in the Men’s Rising Star Asia Cup 2025 has been completely engulfed in controversies. In this match played in Doha, Pakistan A registered an easy victory by 8 wickets. However, an incident happened during the match which made the blood of cricket fans boil. The indecent act done by Pakistan bowler Saad Masood after dismissing Naman Dheer is considered against the spirit of the game.

The player misbehaved by dismissing Naman Dheer

Saad Masood was bowling his 9th over for Pakistan A. Indian batsman Naman Dheer was present at the crease. Naman Dheer was caught out on the fourth ball of Saad’s over. As soon as Naman moved towards the pavilion, Saad Masood looked at him angrily and signaled him to go out. The camera captured this action on the field and the video quickly went viral on social media. Indian fans and many veteran players have described this behavior as ‘inappropriate’ and ‘shameful’.

That’s the send off Indian players deserve.#DPWorldAsiaCupRisingStars2025 #INDvPAK #ACCpic.twitter.com/7oASWGisn1

— World Sports (@worldsports__) November 16, 2025

match status

After winning the toss, Pakistan A chose to bowl first and this decision proved to be correct. India A team could not even last 20 overs. The entire team returned to the pavilion after scoring 136 runs in 19 overs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi gave a fast start by scoring 45 runs in 28 balls. Naman Dheer played a useful inning of 35 runs. The rest of the batsmen could not stand against the tight bowling of Pakistan.

For Pakistan, Shahid Aziz took 3 wickets, while Saad Masood and Maaz Sadakat took 2 wickets each.

Sadaqat’s stormy innings took away hope from India

Pakistan A had a strong start while chasing the target of 137 runs. Opener Maaz Sadaqat dashed India’s hopes by scoring 79 runs in 47 balls. Mohammad Naeem (14) and Yasir Khan (11) played short but important innings. In the end, Pakistan won the match in just 13.2 overs and achieved the target by 8 wickets unbeaten.

For India, Yash Thakur and Suyyash Sharma took one wicket each, but the bowling could not keep India long in the match.

The match between India and Pakistan was played in Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 on Sunday. Before the start of this match, when both the teams came out for the national anthem, no handshake was seen between the two teams. After Asia Cup 2025 and Women’s World Cup, India has adopted no handshake policy with Pakistan team in this tournament also. There were 3 matches between India and Pakistan in Asia Cup 2025, in which Indian players did not shake hands with the Pakistani team even once.

Jitesh Sharma is captaining India A in the Asia Cup Rising tournament. Just as the Indian captain did not shake hands with the Pakistan captain during the toss in the Asia Cup and Women’s World Cup, the same trend continues in this tournament too.

There has also been a lot of controversy regarding the Asia Cup trophy. The Indian team did not shake hands with the Pakistani players throughout the Asia Cup tournament, whereas after the 5-wicket victory against Pakistan in the final, the Indian team refused to take the trophy from the hands of Mohsin Naqvi. For this reason the presentation ceremony started 90 minutes late.

India at first place in the table

In the Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025, the Indian team defeated UAE by 148 runs in its first match. In that match, Vaibhav Suryavanshi had scored 144 runs in 42 balls. In this innings he hit 15 sixes and 11 fours. Team India had scored 297 runs in that match, in response to which the UAE team could score only 149 runs.

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