Category: World Cup

Here are all the squads that will be featuring in thesixteenth edition of the U19 Men’s cricket World Cup 2026 which is set to be held in Zimbabwe and Namibia on January 15.

ICC U19 World Cup 2026 Squads

Group A

Australia: Oliver Peake (c), Kasey Barton, Naden Cooray, Jayden Draper, Ben Gordon, Steven Hogan, Thomas Hogan, John James, Charles Lachmund, Will Malajczuk, Nitesh Samuel, Hayden Schiller, Aryan Sharma, William Taylor & Alex Lee Young

Ireland: Olly Riley (c), Reuben Wilson, Alex Armstrong, Callum Armstrong, Marko Bates, Sebastian Dijkstra, Thomas Ford, Samuel Haslett, Adam Leckey, Febin Manoj, Luke Murray, Robert O’Brien, Freddie Ogilby, James West, Bruce Whaley. Non-Travelling Reserves: Peter le Roux & William Shields

Japan: Kazuma Kato-Stafford (c), Charles Hara-Hinze, Gabriel Hara-Hinze, Montgomery Hara-Hinze, Kaisei Kobayashi-Doggett, Timothy Moore, Skyler Nakayama-Cook, Ryuki Ozeki, Nihar Parmar, Nikhil Pol, Chihaya Sekine, Hugo Tani-Kelly, Sandev Aaryan Waduge, Kai Wall & Taylor Waugh

Sri Lanka: Vimath Dinsara (c), Kavija Gamage (vc), Dimantha Mahavithana, Viran Chamuditha, Dulnith Sigera, Chamika Heentigala, Adam Hilmy, Chamarindu Nethsara, Sethmika Seneviratne, Kugathas Mathulan, Rasith Nimsara, Vigneshwaran Akash, Jeewantha Sriram, Senuja Wekunagoda & Malintha Silva

Group B

Bangladesh:

Azizul Hakim Tamim (c), Zawad Abrar, Samiun Basir Ratul, Sheikh Parvez Jibon, Rizan Hossan, Shaharia Al Amin, Shadin Islam, Md Abdullah, Farid Hasan Faysal, Kalam Siddiki Aleen, Rifat Beg, Saad Islam Razin, Al Fahad , Shahriar Ahmed & Iqbal Hossain.

Reserves: Abdur Rahim, Debashis Sarkar Deba, Rafi Uzzaman Rafi, Farhan Shahriar, Farzan Ahmed Alif, Sanjid Majumder & Md Sobuj

India: Ayush Mhatre (c), R.S. Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, D. Deepesh, Mohamed Enaan, Aaron George, Abhigyan Kundu, Kishan Kumar Singh, Vihaan Malhotra, Udhav Mohan, Henil Patel, Khilan A. Patel, Harvansh Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi & Vedant Trivedi

New Zealand: Tom Jones (c), Marco Alpe, Hugo Bogue, Harry Burns, Mason Clarke, Jacob Cotter, Aryan Mann, Brandon Matzopoulos, Flynn Morey, Snehith Reddy, Callum Samson, Jaskaran Sandhu, Selwin Sanjay, Hunter Shore & Harry Waite

USA

Utkarsh Srivastava (c), Adnit Jhamb, Shiv Shani, Nitish Sudini, Advaith Krishna, Sahir Bhatia, Arjun Mahesh, Amrinder Gill, Sabrish Prasad, Adit Kappa, Sahil Garg, Amogh Reddy Arepally, Ritvik Appidi, Rayaan Taj & Rishabh Shimpi

Group C

England: Thomas Rew (c), Farhan Ahmed, Ralphie Albert, Ben Dawkins, Caleb Falconer, Ali Farooq, Alex French, Alex Green, Luke Hands, Manny Lumsden, Ben Mayes, James Minto, Isaac Mohammed, Joe Moores & Sebastian Morgan

Pakistan: Farhan Yousaf (c), Usman Khan (vc), Abdul Subhan, Ahmed Hussain, Ali Hasan Baloch, Ali Raza, Daniyal Ali Khan, Hamza Zahoor (wk), Huzaifa Ahsan, Momin Qamar, Mohammad Sayyam, Mohammad Shayan (wk), Niqab Shafiq, Sameer Minhas, Umar Zaib. Non-travelling reserves: Abdul Qadir, Farhanullah, Hassan Khan, Ibtisam Azhar & Mohammad Huzaifa

Scotland: Thomas Knight (c), Finlay Carter, Max Chaplin, George Cutler, Rory Grant, Finlay Jones, Ollie Jones, Ali Khan, Olly Pillinger, Ethan Ramsay, Theo Robinson, Manu Saraswat, Shreyas Tekale, Shlok Thaker & Jake Woodhouse

Zimbabwe: Simbarashe Mudzengerere (c), Kian Blignaut, Michael Blignaut, Leeroy Chiwaula, Tatenda Chimugoro, Brendon Senzere, Nathaniel Hlabangana, Takudzwa Makoni, Panashe Mazai, Webster Madhidhi, Shelton Mazvitorera, Kupakwashe Muradzi, Brandon Ndiweni, Dhruv Patel & Benny Zuze

Group D

Afghanistan –

Mahboob Khan (c), Khalid Ahmadzai, Osman Sadat, Faisal Khan, Uzairullah Niazai, Aziz Mia Khil, Nazif Amiri, Khatir Stanikzai, Nooristani, Abdul Aziz, Salam Khan, Wahid Zadran, Zaitullah Shaheen, Rohullah Arab, Hafieez Zadran. Reserves: Aqil Khan, Fahim Qasemi & Izat Noor

South Africa: Muhammad Bulbulia (c), JJ Basson, Daniel Bosman, Corne Botha, Paul James, Enathi Khitshini Tembalethu, Michael Kruiskamp, Adnaan Lagadien, Bayanda Majola, Armaan Manack, Bandile Mbatha, Lethabo Phahlamohlaka, Jason Rowles, Ntandoyenkosi Soni & Jorich van Schalkwyk

Tanzania –

Laksh Bakrania (c), Karim Kiseto, Hamza Ally, Khalidy Amiri, Abdulazak Mohamedi, Ayaan Shariff, Omary Ramadhani, Dylan Thakrar, Agustino Mwamele, Ally Hafidhi, Acrey Pascal (wk), Darpan Jobanputra, Mohammedi Simba, Raymond Francis & Alfred Daniel

West Indies – Joshua Dorne (c), Jewel Andrew, Shamar Apple, Shaquan Belle, Zachary Carter, Tanez Francis, R’jai Gittens, Vitel Lawes, Micah McKenzie, Matthew Miller, Isra-el Morton, Jakeem Pollard, Aadian Racha, Kunal Tilokani & Jonathan Van Lange.

Reserves: Brendan Boodoo, Tyriek Bryan, Earsinho Fontaine & Deshawn James

The ICC has released the fixtures of the 16th edition of the Men’s Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026 which is set to take place from January 15 to February 6 in Zimbabwe and Namibia.

India, led by Ayush Mhathre are in Group B alongisde with USA, Bangladesh and New Zealand.

Australia are placed in Group A with Ireland, Japan and Sri Lanka. England, Pakistan, Scotland & Zimbabwe are in Group C, while Group D has Afghanistan, South Africa, Tanzania & West Indies respectively.

Tanzania will be making its debut at the ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup after securing its spot by winning all of its five matches at the Africa qualifiers.

U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026 Schedule

Wednesday, 15th January, 2026

Match 1 – USA Under 19s vs India Under 19s, IND Under-19 won by 6 wickets via DLS Method

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Match 2 – Zimbabwe Under 19s vs Scotland Under 19s, Match Abandoned

Harare Sports Club, Harare

Match 3 – Tanzania Under 19s vs West Indies Under 19s, W Indies U19 won by 5 wickets

High Performance Oval, Windhoek

Friday, 16th January, 2026

Match 4 – England Under 19s vs Pakistan Under 19s, England U19 won by 37 runs

Harare Sports Club, Harare

Match 5 – Australia Under 19s vs Ireland Under 19s, Australia U19 won by 8 wickets

High Performance Oval, Windhoek

Match 6 – Afghanistan Under 19s vs South Africa Under 19s, Afghanistan U19 won by 28 runs

High Performance Oval, Windhoek

Saturday, 17th January, 2026

Match 7 – Bangladesh Under 19s vs India Under 19s, India U19 won by 18 runs via DLS Method

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Match 8 – Japan Under 19s vs Sri Lanka Under 19s, Sri Lanka U19 won by 203 runs

High Performance Oval, Windhoek

Sunday, 18th January, 2026

Match 9 – New Zealand Under 19s vs USA Under 19s, No result

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Match 10 – Zimbabwe Under 19s vs England Under 19s, England U19 won by 8 wickets

Harare Sports Club, Harare

Match 11 – Afghanistan Under 19s vs West Indies Under 19s, AFG Under-19 won by 138 runs

High Performance Oval, Windhoek

Monday, 19th January, 2026

Match 12 – Pakistan Under 19s vs Scotland Under 19s, Pakistan U19 won by 6 wickets

Harare Sports Club, Harare

Match 13 – Ireland Under 19s vs Sri Lanka Under 19s, Sri Lanka U19 won by 106 runs

High Performance Oval, Windhoek

Match 14 – South Africa Under 19s vs Tanzania Under 19s, South Africa U19 won by 329 runs

High Performance Oval, Windhoek

Tuesday, 20th January, 2026

Match 15 – Bangladesh Under 19s vs New Zealand Under 19s, No result – due to rain

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Match 16 – Australia Under 19s vs Japan Under 19s, Australia U19 won by 8 wickets

High Performance Oval, Windhoek

Wednesday, 21st January, 2026

Match 17 – England Under 19s vs Scotland Under 19s, England U19 won by 252 runs

Harare Sports Club, Harare

Match 18 – Afghanistan Under 19s vs Tanzania Under 19s, Afghanistan U19 won by 9 wkts

High Performance Oval, Windhoek

Thursday, 22nd January, 2026

Match 19 – Zimbabwe Under 19s vs Pakistan Under 19s, Pakistan U19 won by 8 wkts

Harare Sports Club, Harare

Match 20 – Ireland Under 19s vs Japan Under 19s, Ireland U19 won by 4 wkts

High Performance Oval, Windhoek

Match 21 – South Africa Under 19s vs West Indies Under 19s, West Indies U19 won by 55 runs

High Performance Oval, Windhoek.

Friday, 23rd January, 2026

Match 22 – Bangladesh Under 19s vs USA Under 19s, Bangladesh U19 won by 7 wkts

Harare Sports Club, Harare

Match 23 – Australia Under 19s vs Sri Lanka Under 19s, Australia U19 won by 9 wkts

High Performance Oval, Windhoek

Saturday, 24th January, 2026

Match 24 – India Under 19s vs New Zealand Under 19s, India U19 won by 7 wkts (DLS Method)

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

16th Place Play-Off

Japan U19 vs Tanzania U19, Japan U19 won by 9 wkts

Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek

Sunday, 25 January 2026

Match 25 –West Indies U19 vs Ireland U19 Super Sixes, Group 1, West Indies U19 won by 25 runs (DLS method)

Australia U19 vs South Africa U19, Australia U19 won by 6 wkts

Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek

Jan 26 Group 2 Bangladesh U19 vs England U19 Bulawayo, England U19 won by 7 wkts

Jan 26 Group 1 Sri Lanka U19 vs Afghanistan U19 Windhoek, SL Under-19 won by 4 wickets

Jan 26 Scotland U19 vs United States of America U19, United States of America U19 won by 7 wkts

Jan 27 Group 2 New Zealand U19 vs Pakistan U19 Harare, Pakistan U19 won by 8 wkts

Jan 27 Group 2 India U19 vs Zimbabwe U19 Bulawayo, India U19 won by 204 runs

Jan 28 Group 1 Australia U19 vs West Indies U19 Harare, Australia U19 won by 22 runs

Jan 29 Group 1 Sri Lanka U19 vs South Africa U19 Bulawayo, Sri Lanka U19 won by 5 wkts

Jan 30 Group 1 Ireland U19 vs Afghanistan U19 Harare, Afghanistan U19 won by 191 runs

Jan 30 Group 2 New Zealand U19 vs England U19 Bulawayo, England U19 won by 65 runs

Jan 31 Group 2 Bangladesh U19 vs Zimbabwe U19 Harare, Bangladesh U19 won by 74 runs

Feb 1 Group 2 India U19 vs Pakistan U19 Bulawayo, India U19 win by 58 runs

Harare Sports Club, Harare

Tuesday, 3 February 2026

1st Semi-Final, Australia U19 vs England U19

P1 (Group 1) vs P2 (Group 2)

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Wednesday, 4 February 2026

2nd Semi-Final, India U19 vs Afghanistan U19

P2 (Group 1) vs P1 (Group 2)

Harare Sports Club, Harare

Friday, 6 February 2026

Final Match – Winner of 1st Semi Final Match vs Winner of 2nd Semi Final Match