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Vaibhav Suryavanshi can play his first Youth ODI for India today.
India and Pakistan will compete in the Under-19 Asia Cup today. The match will start at 10:30 am at the Sports City Stadium in Dubai. This is the first match of both the teams in the tournament. The ODI tournament began on Friday with the match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
13 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who became the youngest millionaire in the IPL mega auction, will be seen playing for India. Pakistan is being captained by wicketkeeper Saad Bagh.
Pakistan won both the last matches Both the last matches between India and Pakistan at Under-19 level were won by Pakistan. The team defeated India by 2 wickets and 8 wickets in the 2021 and 2023 Asia Cup. Before that, India had won 3 consecutive matches.
Ajan Awash had scored a century in the 2023 Asia Cup. With the help of which Pakistan defeated India.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi will enter the field 13 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi made headlines in the IPL mega auction on 25th November. Despite the base price of Rs 30 lakh, he was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.10 crore. He has also scored a century in the Under-19 Test against Australia. He can open against Pakistan. No other player included in the team has been sold in the IPL auction.
Bangladesh-Sri Lanka won the opening match The first match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan took place in Dubai on Friday. Bangladesh won it by 45 runs. The second match between Sri Lanka and Nepal took place in Sharjah, Sri Lanka won it by 55 runs. All four teams are part of Group-B.
Bangladesh Under-19 team defeated Afghanistan in the first match by 45 runs.
India and Pakistan are in Group-A. UAE and Japan are also in this group. Team India will face Japan on 2nd December and UAE on 4th December. Both the semi-finals will be played on 6 December and the final on 8 December.
Squad of both Under-19 teams India: Mohammad Aman (captain), Hardik Raj, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Pranav Pant, KP Karthikeya, Harvansh Singh (wicketkeeper), Ayush Mhatre, Samarth Nagraj, Nikhil Kumar, Yudhjeet Guha, Chetan Sharma, Kiran Chormale, Anurag Kawde, Andre Siddharth, Mohammad Inan.
Pakistan: Saad Bag (captain and wicketkeeper), Mohammad Tayyab Arif, Farhan Yousuf, Shahzaib Khan, Haroon Arshad, Ali Raza, Ahmed Hussain, Mohammad Riazullah, Usman Khan, Abdul Subhan, Faham-ul-Haq, Mohammad Huzaifa, Umar Zaib, Mohammad Ahmed, Naveed Ahmed Khan.