# 2019 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup

The 2019 Under-19 Asia Cup was the 8th edition of ACC Under-19 Cup. The cricket tournament was held in Sri Lanka from 5 to 15 September 2019. 8 teams participated in the tournament, including 5 full members and three qualifiers.

## 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 | Kuwait | Qualifiers |
| 7 | Nepal | Qualifiers |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | Qualifiers |

## Squads

| Afghanistan | Bangladesh | India | Kuwait | Nepal | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | United Arab Emirates |
| Farhan Zakhil (c) Sediqullah Atal Asif Musazai Rahmanullah Zadran Abdullah Naib Islam Zazai Nangialai Kharoti Shafiqullah Ghafari Jamshid Khan Noor Ahmad Abdul Rahman Fazal Haq Abidullah Taniwal Mohammad Ishaq (wk) Ahmad Zahir Pathan | Akbar Ali (c) Towhid Hridoy Tanzid Hasan Mahmudul Hasan Joy Shahadat Hossain Anik Sarker Shatu Shamim Hossain Parvez Hossain Emon Rakibul Hasan Mrittunjoy Chowdhury Tanzim Hasan Sakib Shahin Alam Minhazur Rahman Ashraful Islam Shoriful Islam | Dhruv Jurel (c) Suved Parkar Tilak Varma Nehal Wadhera Arjun Azad Shashwat Rawat Varun Lavande Salil Arora Karan Lal Atharva Ankolekar Pankaj Yadav Akash Singh Sushant Mishra Purnank Tyagi Vidhyadhar Patil | Abdul Sadiq (c) Aamir Ali Abdullah Zaheer Abdul Rehman Ahmed Majed Meet Bhavsar (wk) Faez Qureshi Gokul Kumar Govind Kumar Jandu Hamoud Saem Mohammad A Sanjeev Nair Umer Abdullah Usman Mohammad Zeeshan Jilani | Rohit Kumar Paudel (c) Pawan Sarraf Aasif Sheikh Sundeep Jora Bhim Sharki Kamal Airee Khadak Bohara Rit Gautam Rashid Khan Pratis GC Sagar Dhakal Surya Tamang Kushal Malla Hari Chauhan Lokesh Bam | Rohail Nazir (c & wk) Aamir Ali Abdul Bangalzai Abu Huraira Akhtar Shah Fahad Munir Haider Ali Haris Khan Irfan Khan Mohammad Amir Khan Abbas Afridi Mohammad Basit Ali Mohammad Wasim Naseem Shah Qasim Akram | Nipun Dhananjaya (c) Ravindu Rasantha Abhishek Kahaduwaarachchi Sandun Mendis Kavindu Nadeeshan Ahan Wickramasinghe Navod Paranavithana Kamil Mishara Ashian Daniel Dilshan Madushanka Chamindu Wijesinghe Amshi de Silva Yasiru Rodrigo Avishka Tharindu Rohan Sanjaya | Palaniapan Meiyappan (c) Aaron Benjuman Ansh Tandon Alishan Sharafu Akash Tahir Anand Kumar Ashwant Valthapa Muhammad Farazuddin Niel Lobo Osama Hassan Rishabh Mukherjee Sanchit Sharma Syed Haider Tasin Rehman Vriitya Aravind (wk) |

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

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | T | NRR | Pts |
| India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.178 | 6 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1.266 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.123 | 2 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −3.541 | 0 |
* 5 September 2019 Scorecard
| Kuwait 110/7 (23 overs) | v | India 114/3 (18.1 overs) |
| Meet Bhavsar 28 (41) Akash Singh 3/22 (5 overs) | | Arjun Azad 60* (58) Faez Qureshi 1/15 (5 overs) |
* India Under-19s won by 7 wickets Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Deepal Gunawardena (SL) and Gazi Sohel (BAN) Player of the match: Arjun Azad (IND)
* India Under-19s won the toss and elected to field.
* Match was reduced to 23 overs per side due to rain.
* 5 September 2019 Scorecard
| Afghanistan 162/9 (46 overs) | v | Pakistan 78 (19.4 overs) |
| Sediqullah Atal 29 (42) Fahad Munir 3/23 (9 overs) | | Irfan Khan 19 (30) Shafiqullah Ghafari 3/15 (4 overs) |
* Afghanistan Under-19s won by 85 runs (DLS method) P Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: Hemantha Boteju (SL) and Anil Chaudhary (IND) Player of the match: Shafiqullah Ghafari (AFG)
* Pakistan Under-19s won the toss and elected to field.
* Match was reduced to 46 overs per side due to rain.
* Pakistan were given revised target of 164 in 46 overs.
* 7 September 2019 Scorecard
| India 305/9 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 245 (46.4 overs) |
| Arjun Azad 121 (111) Naseem Shah 3/52 (10 overs) | | Rohail Nazir 117 (108) Atharva Ankolekar 3/36 (10 overs) |
* India Under-19s won by 60 runs Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Deepal Gunawardena (SL) and Gazi Sohel (BAN) Player of the match: Arjun Azad (IND)
* India Under-19s won the toss and elected to bat.
* 7 September 2019 Scorecard
| Kuwait 85 (27.3 overs) | v | Afghanistan 86/3 (12.5 overs) |
| Meet Bhavsar 20 (41) Shafiqullah Ghafari 3/12 (7 overs) | | Farhan Zakhil 38* (37) Faez Qureshi 1/6 (2 overs) |
* Afghanistan Under-19s won by 7 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Sarika Prasad (SING) and Keerthi Bandara (SL) Player of the match: Shafiqullah Ghafari (AFG)
* Afghanistan Under-19s won the toss and elected to field.
* 9 September 2019 Scorecard
| Afghanistan 124 (40.1 overs) | v | India 128/7 (38.4 overs) |
| Abidullah Taniwal 39 (60) Sushant Mishra 5/20 (9.1 overs) | | Shashwat Rawat 29 (45) Noor Ahmad 4/30 (10 overs) |
* India Under-19s won by 3 wickets Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (PAK) and Buddhi Pradhan (SING) Player of the match: Sushant Mishra (IND)
* Afghanistan Under-19s won the toss and elected to bat.
* 9 September 2019 Scorecard
| Pakistan 335/9 (50 overs) | v | Kuwait 172 (43.4 overs) |
| Irfan Khan 63 (68) Jandu Hamoud 4/60 (10 overs) | | Abdul Sadiq 60 (105) Qasim Akram 4/38 (6.4 overs) |
* Pakistan Under-19s won by 163 runs Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) and Anil Chaudhary (IND) Player of the match: Mohammad Wasim (PAK)
* Pakistan Under-19s won the toss and elected to bat.

### Group B
#### Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | T | NRR | Pts |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.218 | 6 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.392 | 4 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.852 | 2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −2.455 | 0 |
* 6 September 2019 Scorecard
| Nepal 159/9 (42 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 159/5 (33.4 overs) |
| Rit Gautham 54 (85) Dilshan Madushanka 3/23 (8 overs) | | Kamil Mishara 55 (62) Rashid Khan 2/21 (6.4 overs) |
* Sri Lanka Under-19s won by 5 wickets (DLS method) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (PAK) and Ahmed Shah Durrani (AFG) Player of the match: Kamil Mishara (SL)
* Nepal Under-19s won the toss and elected to bat.
* Due to rain during Nepal innings, match was reduced to 42 overs per side.
* Sri Lanka were given a revised target of 159.
* 6 September 2019 Scorecard
| United Arab Emirates 127 (28 overs) | v | Bangladesh 128/4 (21.3 overs) |
| Osama Hassan 58 (65) Rakibul Hasan 3/25 (7 overs) | | Tanzid Hasan 45 (27) Rishabh Mukherjee 2/27 (3.3 overs) |
* Bangladesh Under-19s won by 6 wickets FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) and Buddhi Pradhan (NEP) Player of the match: Tanzid Hasan (BAN)
* Bangladesh Under-19s won the toss and elected to field.
* Due to rain, match was reduced to 45 overs per side.
* 8 September 2019 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 326/8 (50 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 274/9 (50 overs) |
| Navod Paranavithana 61 (60) Rishabh Mukherjee 3/65 (10 overs) | | Ansh Tandon 100* (102) Navod Paranavithana 4/54 (8 overs) |
* Sri Lanka Under-19s won by 60 runs FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (AFG) and Sarika Prasad (SING) Player of the match: Navod Paranavithana (SL)
* United Arab Emirates Under-19s won the toss and elected to field.
* 8 September 2019 Scorecard
| Nepal 261/8 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 262/4 (49.2 overs) |
| Pawan Sarraf 81 (109) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 2/51 (9 overs) | | Akbar Ali 98* (82) Kamal Airee 2/59 (8 overs) |
* Bangladesh Under-19s won by 6 wickets P Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (IND) and Keerthi Bandara (SL) Player of the match: Akbar Ali (BAN)
* Bangladesh Under-19s won the toss and elected to field.
* 10 September 2019 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 273/7 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 231 (47.4 overs) |
| Mahmudul Hasan Joy 126 (140) Dilshan Madushanka 3/54 (10 overs) | | Rohan Sanjaya 42 (36) Rakibul Hasan 3/49 (10 overs) |
* Bangladesh Under-19s won by 42 runs Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (AFG) and Asif Yaqoob (PAK) Player of the match: Mahmudul Hasan Joy (BAN)
* Bangladesh Under-19s won the toss and elected to bat.
* 10 September 2019 Scorecard
| Nepal 285/9 (50 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 125 (34.4 overs) |
| Rohit Kumar Paudel 67 (84) Sanchit Sharma 3/26 (10 overs) | | Vriitya Aravind 28 (34) Sagar Dhakal 3/20 (7 overs) |
* Nepal Under-19s won by 160 runs FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake Umpires: Hemantha Boteju (SL) and Gazi Sohel (BAN) Player of the match: Rohit Kumar Paudel (NEP)
* United Arab Emirates Under-19s won the toss and elected to field.

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | India | | | |
| B2 | Sri Lanka | | | |
| B2 | Sri Lanka | A1 | India | 106 (32.4) |
| | | B1 | Bangladesh | 101 (33) |
| B1 | Bangladesh | B1 | Bangladesh | 101 (33) |
| A2 | Afghanistan | | | |

### Semi finals

* 12 September 2019 10:00 Scorecard
| India | v | Sri Lanka |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled P Sara Oval, Colombo
* No toss
* India Under-19s advanced to the final due to more wins than Sri Lanka during group stage.
* 12 September 2019 10:00 Scorecard
| Afghanistan | v | Bangladesh |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa
* No toss
* Bangladesh Under-19s advanced to the final due to more wins than Afghanistan during group stage.

### Final

* 14 September 2019 10:00 Scorecard
| India 106 (32.4 overs) | v | Bangladesh 101 (33 overs) |
| Karan Lal 37 (43) Shamim Hossain 3/8 (6 overs) | | Akbar Ali 23 (36) Atharva Ankolekar 5/28 (8 overs) |
* India Under-19s won by 5 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (PAK) and Ahmed Shah Durrani (AFG) Player of the match: Atharva Ankolekar (Ind)
* India Under-19s won the toss and elected to bat.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Runs | Player | Inns | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| 202 | Arjun Azad | 4 | 121 | 67.33 | 105.75 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 |
| 194 | Mahmudul Hasan Joy | 4 | 126 | 64.66 | 79.83 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 167 | Rohail Nazir | 3 | 117 | 55.66 | 94.35 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
| Last updated: 14 September 2019 ||||||||||

## Final standings

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