# 2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup

The 2017 Under-19 Asia Cup was the 6th edition of ACC Under-19 Cup. The cricket tournament was held in Malaysia from 10 to 19 November 2017. It was originally scheduled to be held in India, but it was moved after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) refused to travel to India.

## Teams

| No. | Teams | Qualification method |
| 1 | India | ICC full member |
| 2 | Pakistan | ICC full member |
| 3 | Bangladesh | ICC full member |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | ICC full member |
| 5 | Afghanistan | ICC full member |
| 6 | Malaysia | Host |
| 7 | Nepal | Winner of 2017 ACC U19 Asia Cup Eastern Qualifiers |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | Winner of 2017 ACC U19 Asia Cup Western Qualifiers |

## Squads

| Afghanistan | Bangladesh | India | Malaysia |
| Naveen-ul-Haq (c) Imran Mohammadi Rehmanullah Gurbaz Darwish Rasooli Nisar Wahdat Ibrahim Zadran Mujeeb Zadran Yousuf Zazai Wafadar Mohammad Qais Ahmed Azmatullah Omarzai Ikram Ali Khil (w/k) Tariq Stanikzai Waqarullah Ishaq Abdul Wasi Noori | Saif Hassan (c) Afif Hossain (vc) Mahidul Islam Ankon (w/k) Mohammad Naim Pinak Ghosh Shakil Hossain (w/k) Towhid Hridoy Hasan Mahmud Nayeem Hasan Qazi Onik Robiul Haque Aminul Islam Shakhawat Hossain | Himanshu Rana (c) Abhishek Sharma (vc) Atharva Taide Manjot Kalra Salman Khan Anuj Rawat (w/k) Harvik Desai Riyan Parag Anukul Roy Shiva Singh Tanush Kotian Darshan Nalkande Vivekanand Tiwary Aditya Thakare Mandeep Singh | Virandeep Singh (c) Muhammad Amir Syed Aziz Haiqal Khair Mohammad Arief Muhammad Hafiz Muhammad Irfaq Shaunvinder Singh Vishvaruben Wan Amirul |
| Nepal | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | United Arab Emirates |
| Dipendra Singh Airee(c) Sandeep Lamichhane Aasif Sheikh Anil Kumar Shah Sandip Sunuwar Rohit Kumar Poudel Kishore Mahato Pranit Thapa Magar Sahab Alam Kamal Singh Prakash KC Jitendra Singh Bhim Sarki Rashid Khan | Hasan Khan (c) Muhammad Mohsin Khan Umair Yousaf Zaid Alam Haider Ali Rohail Nazir (w/k) Abdullah Shafique Muhammad Hammad Khan Muhammad Taha Saad Khan Ashar Qureshi Musa Khan Shaheen Afridi Muhammad Ali Munir Riaz | Kamindu Mendis(c) Jehan Daniel Krishan Sanjula Ashen Bandara Hasitha Boyagoda Thisaru Rashmika Dilshan Praveen Jayawickrama Nipu Ransika Dhananjaya Lakshan Nishan Madushanka Perera Nuwanidu Fernando Nipun Dhananjaya Randeer Ranasinghe Kalana Perera Kevin Koththigoda | Fahad Nawaz (c) Syed Haider (w/k) Aryan Lakra Brandon Adam Hrithik Ansh Kartik Palaniappan Niel Lobo Monish Lakhani Muhammad Ali Rahul Neelesh Shah Faisal Khan Marlon Malcom Singh |

## Group stage
### Pool A
#### Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | T | NRR | Pts |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.377 | 6 |
| Nepal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.889 | 4 |
| India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1.257 | 2 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -4.757 | 0 |

#### Matches

* 10 November 2017 Scorecard
| India 310/7 (50 overs) | v | Malaysia 108 (37.1 overs) |
* India won by 202 runs Kinrara Academy Oval
* 11 November 2017 Scorecard
| Nepal 167/6 (40.1 overs) | v | Bangladesh 181/8 (39.5 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 2 wickets (D/L method) Kinrara Academy Oval
* 12 November 2017 Scorecard
| Nepal 185/8 (50 overs) | v | India 166 (48.1 overs) |
* Nepal won by 19 runs Bayuemas Oval
* 13 November 2017 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 335/6(50 overs) | v | Malaysia 73 (26 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 262 runs Bayuemas Oval
* 14 November 2017 Scorecard
| Malaysia 45 (15.3 overs) | v | Nepal 48/2 (5.2 overs) |
* Nepal won by 8 wickets Bayuemas Oval
* 14 November 2017 Scorecard
| India 187/8 (32 overs) | v | Bangladesh 191/2 (28.0 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 8 wickets (D/L method) Royal Selangor Club

### Pool B
#### Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | T | NRR | Pts |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2.853 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1.240 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.988 | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -4.964 | 0 |

#### Matches

* 10 November 2017 Scorecard
| Pakistan 57 (20 overs) | v | Afghanistan 62/3 (9.1 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 7 wickets Bayuemas Oval
* 10 November 2017 Scorecard
| United Arab Emirates 66 (22 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 68/3 (16 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Royal Selangor Club
* 11 November 2017 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 196/8 (42 overs) | v | Afghanistan 135 (33.5 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 61 Runs Bayuemas Oval
* 12 November 2017 Scorecard
| Pakistan 299 (47.1 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 73 (26 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 226 Runs Royal Selangor Club
* 13 November 2017 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 141 (49.4 overs) | v | Pakistan 142/7 (32.1 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 3 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval
* 14 November 2017 Scorecard
| Afghanistan 224/3 (20 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 90/9 (20 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 134 runs Kinrara Academy Oval

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Bangladesh | 274/6 (50) | | | |
| B2 | Pakistan | 199/5 (39) | | | |
| B2 | Pakistan | 199/5 (39) | B2 | Pakistan | 63 (22.1) |
| | | | B1 | Afghanistan | 248/7 (50) |
| B1 | Afghanistan | 108/3 (20.3) | B1 | Afghanistan | 248/7 (50) |
| A2 | Nepal | 103 (28) | | | |

### Semi-finals

* 16 November 2017 Semi-final 1 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 274/6 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 199/5 (39 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 2 run (D/L method) Kinrara Academy Oval
* 17 November 2017 Semi-final 2 Scorecard
| Nepal 103 (28 overs) | v | Afghanistan 108/3 (20.3 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 7 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval

### Final

* 19 November 2017 Scorecard
| Afghanistan 248/7 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 63 (22.1 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 185 runs Kinrara Academy Oval

## Statistics
### Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | Econ | SR | BBI |
| Mujeeb Zadran | Afghanistan | 40.1 | 20 | 5.55 | 2.76 | 12.05 | 6/23 |
| Praveen Jayawickrama | Sri Lanka | 18.5 | 11 | 5.27 | 3.07 | 10.27 | 5/17 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | Nepal | 28.3 | 9 | 10.55 | 3.33 | 19 | 5/8 |
| Mohammad Musa | Pakistan | 32.0 | 9 | 13.22 | 3.71 | 21.33 | 3/11 |
| Munir Riaz | Pakistan | 32.0 | 8 | 17.37 | 4.34 | 24 | 3/30 |

### Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
| Mohammad Taha | Pakistan | 250 | 5 | 50 | 94 | 0 | 2 |
| Pinak Ghosh | Bangladesh | 199 | 4 | 66.33 | 82 | 0 | 2 |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Afghanistan | 194 | 5 | 38.8 | 71 | 0 | 2 |
| Darwish Rasool | Afghanistan | 191 | 5 | 95.5 | 105* | 1 | 1 |
| Towhid Hridoy | Bangladesh | 179 | 4 | 62.67 | 120 | 1 | 0 |
Source: ACC

## Final standings

| Pos. | Team |
| 1 | Afghanistan |
| 2 | Pakistan |
| 3 | Bangladesh |
| 4 | Nepal |
| 5 | India |
| 6 | Sri Lanka |
| 7 | Malaysia |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates |