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.

Details https://t.co/z21VRlpvjg#U19WorldCup pic.twitter.com/bL8pkT5Ca2

— 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.

Pakistan won the Under-19 Asia Cup 2025 title by defeating India by 191 runs in the final. In this title match held last Sunday, Vaibhav Suryavanshi (26), Ayush Mhatre (2) could not give a good start to the team, middle order batsmen also flopped. There were several altercations between the players of both the teams during the match. A video after the match is also going viral on social media, in which Pakistani fan is trying to tease Vaibhav Suryavanshi.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi also had a fight on the field in the Under-19 Asia Cup final. Actually, after dismissing Vaibhav, Pakistani bowler Ali Raza had a very aggressive celebration. Ali also said something, in response to which Vaibhav pointed towards his shoes.

Attempt to provoke Vaibhav Suryavanshi

Even after the final match, a video is going viral on social media, in which Vaibhav Suryavanshi is going out with some staff. During this time Pakistani fans are trying to tease and provoke Vaibhav. However, 14 year old Vaibhav showed understanding here and left from there without saying anything. Vaibhav did not react, but ignored them and went away from there.

Pakistan’s fans are acting shamelessly and they have no sense of shame whatsoever.

These people are booing 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi just because Pakistan won a ‘cheap’ U19 Asia Cup. They’re acting like Pakistan won the World Cup.

This is why Pakistani people have no… pic.twitter.com/D1X6lgshr0

— Mention Cricket (@MentionCricket) December 22, 2025

Indian batsmen flopped in the final

In this final played at ICC Academy Ground, after winning the toss, Ayush Mhatre decided to bowl first, which proved to be a big mistake. Pakistan scored a huge score of 347 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs, Sameer Minhas played a brilliant inning of 172 runs in 113 balls. This was the second time that Minhas scored more than 170 runs in this tournament.

Chasing the target, the Indian team was all out for 156 runs in 26.2 overs. The top-5 batsmen in the form of Vaibhav Suryavanshi (26), Ayush Mhatre (2), Aaron George (16), Vihaan Malhotra (7), Vedant Trivedi (9) could not do anything special.

What happened after the end of the final match of Under-19 Asia Cup 2025, brought politics into discussion more than sports. The reason became the final of Under-19 Asia Cup 2025, in which the runner-up Indian team refused to take the medal from the hands of Mohsin Naqvi during the medal ceremony. This entire incident was seen on Sunday, 21 December, which once again exposed the tension present in India-Pakistan cricket relations.

Distance from medal ceremony, question raised again

Usually, after the end of the final match, both the teams go to the podium, but this time the Indian team chose a different path. Indian players did not reach the stage and collected their runner-up medals from International Cricket Council (ICC) Associate Member Director Mubashir Usmani. On the other hand, ACC President Mohsin Naqvi handed over the trophy to the Pakistan team and was seen celebrating with them on the stage.

This is not the first time that the Indian team has refused to accept honor from Mohsin Naqvi. Earlier this year, in the final of the Senior Men’s Asia Cup, the Indian team had refused to accept the winning trophy from them. At that time India had become the champion and Pakistan was the runner-up.

The echo of the old dispute was heard again

During the Senior Asia Cup, the trophy ceremony also started with a delay of about an hour. At that time Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Interior Minister of Pakistan, had refused to hand over the trophy to any other official. Not only this, Naqvi later brought the trophy with himself to the ACC headquarters. BCCI was angry with this decision and the matter reached ACC and ICC, but till now the trophy has not been handed over to India.

It is believed that the Indian Cricket Board is taking such decisions due to Naqvi’s anti-India social media activities and political tension between the two countries.

Pakistan’s big victory in the final

Talking about the final of Under-19 Asia Cup, in this match played in ODI format, Pakistan defeated India in a one-sided manner by 191 runs. Sameer Minhas played a brilliant inning of 172 runs for Pakistan and the team scored 347 runs.

In reply, the Indian team could not survive despite a fast start. Runs were scored in the initial overs, but due to continuous fall of wickets the entire team was reduced to 156 runs in just 26.2 overs. Pakistan’s fast bowlers Ali Raza, Mohammad Syam and Abdul Subhan performed brilliantly.

Under-19 Cricket Asia Cup 2025 is going to be organized from Thursday, December 12. Two matches will be played on the first day. The Indian team captained by Ayush Mhatre will face UAE, while the second match is between Malaysia and Pakistan. Both the matches will be held in Dubai. India and Pakistan are included in ‘Group A’, both will have their second match against each other. Know the full schedule of the tournament.

When is IND U19 vs PAK U19 match?

The match of Indian Under-19 vs Pakistan Under-19 team in the Under-19 Asia Cup will be held on December 14, 2025. The match will be played at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai. The match will start at 10:30 am according to Indian time.

Under-19 Asia Cup 2025 Format

Under-19 Asia Cup 2025 will be organized in UAE from December 12 to December 21. This is a tournament of 50 overs. After the group stage there will be a knockout stage. A total of 8 teams are participating in it, which have been divided into two groups of 4-4.

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

Group A schedule, timings, venue

• December 12 – India vs UAE – 10:30 am (ICC Academy Ground)
• December 12 – Pakistan vs Malaysia – 10:30 am (The Sevens Stadium)
• December 14 – India vs Pakistan – 10:30 am (ICC Academy Ground)
• 14 December – Malaysia vs UAE – 10:30 am (The Sevens Stadium)
• 16 December – Pakistan vs UAE – 10:30 am (ICC Academy Ground)
• 16 December – India vs Malaysia – 10:30 am (The Sevens Stadium)

Group B schedule, timings, venue

• 13 December – Afghanistan vs Bangladesh – 10:30 am (ICC Academy Ground)
• 13 December – Nepal vs Sri Lanka – 10:30 am (The Sevens Stadium)
• December 15 – Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka – 10:30 am (ICC Academy Ground)
• 15 December – Bangladesh vs Nepal – 10:30 am (The Sevens Stadium)
• 17 December – Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka – 10:30 am (ICC Academy Ground)
• 17 December – Afghanistan vs Nepal – 10:30 am (The Sevens Stadium)

The group stage matches of the Under-19 Asia Cup will continue till December 17. All the matches will be played at ICC Academy Ground and The Sevens Stadium in Dubai. All matches will start at 10:30 am Indian time.

The Indian cricket team is ready to hoist the flag in the Under-19 Asia Cup. BCCI on Saturday announced the 15-member Indian squad for the Men’s Under-19 Asia Cup. This tournament will be played in Dubai from December 12-21, in which five teams including India and Pakistan are participating. Ayush Mhatre, who plays for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL, has been made the captain of the team. Vaibhav Suryavanshi is also included in this team, who is currently coming off a stormy century in the Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament.

Ayush Mhatre will be the captain of the Indian Under-19 team for the Asia Cup, on the other hand, Vihaan Malhotra has been appointed as the vice-captain. Meanwhile, all eyes will be on Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He scored a century in 32 balls against UAE in the Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament. However, India could not reach the final in that tournament.

India has been placed in Group A in the Under-19 Asia Cup tournament, but its complete schedule has not been revealed yet. India vs Pakistan match will be played on 14 December. Now 2 qualifier teams will be added to Group A along with India and Pakistan. A qualifier team will also be included in Group B along with Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Indian squad for Under-19 Asia Cup: Ayush Mhatre (captain), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra (vice-captain), Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu (wicketkeeper), Harvansh Singh (wicketkeeper), Yuvraj Gohil, Kanishk Chauhan, Khilan A. Patel, Naman Pushpak, D. Deepesh, Henil Patel, Kishan Kumar Singh*, Udhav Mohan, Aaron George

Standby Players: Rahul Kumar, Hemchudesan J, B.K. Kishore, Aditya Rawat

India’s probable playing eleven

Ayush Mhatre, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra, Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu, Harvansh Singh, Yuvraj Gohil, Kanishk Chauhan, A Patel, Naman Pushpak, D Deepesh, Henil Patel.

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ICC has released the full schedule of Men’s Under-19 World Cup 2026. The first match will be held between the Indian Under-19 team and the USA Under-19 team on January 15. Let us tell you that there has been no change in the format of the tournament. The 16 teams playing in the tournament have been divided into groups of 4-4. The final match of the World Cup will be played on 6 February at Harare Sports Club.

16 teams playing in Under-19 World Cup 2026 (group wise)

• Group A- India, Bangladesh, USA and New Zealand.
• Group B- Zimbabwe, Pakistan, England and Scotland.
• Group C- Australia, Ireland, Japan and Sri Lanka.
• Group D- Tanzania, West Indies, Afghanistan and South Africa.

ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup Schedule

• January 15, USA vs India, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
• 15 January, Zimbabwe v Scotland, Takashinga Sports Club, Harare
• January 15, Tanzania vs West Indies, HP Oval, Windhoek
• 16 January, Pakistan vs England, Takashinga Sports Club, Harare
• 16 January, Australia v Ireland, Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
• 16 January, Afghanistan v South Africa, HP Oval, Windhoek
• 17 January, India vs Bangladesh, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
• January 17, Japan vs Sri Lanka, Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
• 18 January, New Zealand vs USA, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
• 18 January, England v Zimbabwe, Takashinga Sports Club, Harare
• January 18, West Indies vs Afghanistan, HP Oval, Windhoek
• 19 January, Pakistan vs Scotland, Takashinga Sports Club, Harare
• January 19, Sri Lanka vs Ireland, Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
• January 19, South Africa vs Tanzania, HP Oval, Windhoek
• 20 January, Bangladesh vs New Zealand, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
• 20 January, Australia vs Japan, Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
• 21 January, England v Scotland, Takashinga Sports Club, Harare
• January 21, Afghanistan vs Tanzania, HP Oval, Windhoek
• 22 January, Zimbabwe v Pakistan, Takashinga Sports Club, Harare
• 22 January, Ireland v Japan, Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
• January 22, West Indies v South Africa, HP Oval, Windhoek
• January 23, Bangladesh vs USA, Takashinga Sports Club, Harare
• 23 January, Sri Lanka vs Australia, Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
• 24 January, India vs New Zealand, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
• 24 January, A4 vs D4, HP Oval, Windhoek
• 25 January, Super Sixes A1 vs D3, Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
• 25 January, Super Sixes D2 vs A3, HP Oval, Windhoek
• 26 January, B4 vs C4, Harare Sports Club, Harare
• 26 January, Super Six C1 vs B2, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
• 26 January, Super Six D1 vs A2, Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
• 27 January, Super Six C2 vs B3, Harare Sports Club, Harare
• 27 January, Super Six C3 vs B1, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
• 28 January, Super Sixes A1 vs D2, Harare Sports Club, Harare
• 29 January, Super Six D3 vs A2, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
• 30 January, Super Six D1 vs A3, Harare Sports Club, Harare
• 30 January, Super Six B3 vs C1, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
• 31 January, Super Six B2 vs C3, Harare Sports Club, Harare
• 01 February, Super Six B1 vs C2, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
• 03 February, 1st Semi-Final, Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
• 04 February, Second Semi-Final, Harare Sports Club, Harare
• 06 February, Final, Harare Sports Club, Harare.

The name of 14 -year -old Vaibhav Suryavanshi now knows every person who watches cricket. He has played several record innings in the Under-19 against England, Australia. He is also the youngest player to play in the IPL, who scored a century in 35 balls while playing for Rajasthan Royals in the previous edition. His under-19 career has not been long too long, he made his debut last year but so far the data shows that he is getting a lot of Australia team like Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman.

Talking about Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s red ball cricket (multi-day match) in the under-19, he has scored 221 runs against Australia, including 12 sixes and 23 fours. He is still in Australia, where India A vs Australia -A Australia A will be played from 7 October. This will be the last match of the Indian Under-19 team’s tour of Australia.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi records against Australia

Vaibhav has not yet made his debut in international cricket, he is only 14 years old. If you see their records in multi -day matches, then you will understand why they are saying that they like Australia. Vaibhav, who made her debut in the Under-19 team last year, has played multi-day matches with Australia and England.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has played 5 multi-day matches (in the under-19) in his career so far. Out of this, 3 matches are against Australia and 2 against England. Vaibhav has scored 221 runs against Australia at 55.25 average. His average against England is 22.50.

Vaibhav has hit a total of 15 sixes in Under-19 Red Ball cricket, out of which 12 have been hit against Australia and only 3 against England. Apart from this, the 14 -year -old batsman has also hit 23 fours against Australia.

In the Under-19 multi-day match, Vaibhav has so far scored 2 centuries, both have scored against Australia’s Under-19 team. He scored 113 runs in the last Youth Test of this tour. In this innings played in 86 balls, he hit 8 sixes and 9 fours. Earlier, he scored a century in India against Australia Under-19.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi on the path of Sachin Tendulkar-VVS Laxman!

Looking at the record against Australia, it seems that Vaibhav also likes the Kangaroo team as Sachin and Laxman. Sachin scored the highest century against Australia in Tests. Laxman scored 441 runs against Australia at an average of 110.50 against Australia in the Under-19 level. Seeing the Vaibhav Suryavanshi, it seems that he is also on the path of these veterans. Although it is currently in the Under-19, but the way he has performed, it is expected that he will be seen making a splash in international cricket in the coming time.

14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a century in the first Youth Test (AUS-19 vs Ind-19 1st Youth Test) against Australia A. On the second day of the Test on 1 October, Vaibhav scored 113 runs in just 86 balls. In this explosive innings, he scored 84 runs with just sixes. This is the first century of Vaibhav in Australia, before that he also made many records in England.

In the first Test started from 30 September, Australia Under-19 team was all out for 243 runs in the first innings. Steven Hogan scored the most runs for Australia A, scoring 92 runs. Dipesh Devendran took the most wickets in the first innings for India, he took a five wicket hall. 3 wickets Kishan Kumar and Anmoljit Singh and Khilan Patel took 1-1 wickets. In India’s first innings, Vedanta Trivedi also scored a century along with Vaibhav Suryavanshi.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi rained sixes

Vaibhav hit 8 sixes (48 runs) and 9 fours (36 runs) in an innings of 113 runs played in 86 balls. He beat up every bowler in front of him, his wicket was taken by Hayden Shiller. Vaibhav completed his century in 78 balls.

Century on his first red ball game in Australia.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi – Coming to snatch everyone’s chain sooner than you expect. pic.twitter.com/gpkoibhfpr

– Priyansh (JPP Szn) (@Bhhupendrajogi) October 1, 2025

Apart from Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vedanta Trivedi of India also scored a brilliant century. Till the news is written, he is unbeaten by scoring 112 runs. He hit 15 fours in this innings. By the time the news is written, India have scored 325 runs losing 5 wickets in the first innings, and the Indian Under-19 team has a lead of 82 runs.

Earlier, the Indian Under-19 team played 3 Youth ODI matches against Australia A in Brisbane, in its second match, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a half-century (70). He scored a total of 124 runs in all three ODIs.

In the first ODI played in Brisbane, the Indian Under-19 team defeated Australia Under-19 team badly. Batting first, Australia was able to score 225 runs. Chasing the target, Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a fast start, after which wicket -keeper Batsman Abhigyan Kundu along with Vedanta Trivedi played an important role in winning India by 7 wickets. Abhigyan was adjudged the Player of the Match.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi got a fast start

The Indian Under-19 team had a target of 226 runs to win. Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a fast start, he hit 7 fours and 1 six in an innings of 38 runs in 22 balls. Captain Ayush Mhatre was dismissed for just 6 runs, after which Vihan returned to the pavilion cheaply of Malhotra (9). After falling 3 wickets at 75, Vedanta Trivedi and Abhigyan Kundu played an unbeaten innings and won India in the 31st over.

Abhigyan Kundu is the hero of victory!

Vedanta Trivedi scored an unbeaten 61 in 69 balls, in which he hit 8 fours. Abhigyan Kundu scored an unbeaten 87 in 74 balls, in this innings he hit 5 sixes and 8 fours. He was adjudged Player of the Match.

Earlier, Indian bowlers stopped Australia for 225 runs. Henil Patel took 3 wickets for 38 runs in 10 overs spell. Kishan Kumar and Kanishka Chauhan got 2-2 wickets, RS Ambrish got a success.

Second ODI will be played on Wednesday

The Indian Under-19 team will play 3 ODIs on the tour of Australia under the captaincy of Ayush Mhatre. The second ODI will be played on Wednesday, 24 September and third and last ODI on Friday, 26 September. Both will be played in ODI Brisbane. After this, 2 Test matches will also be played between the two teams. The first Test will be played in Brisbane between September 30 and October 3. The second test will be played between 7 and 10 October (in Great Barrier Reef Arena).