ISLAMABAD: India have won the toss and elected to field first against Pakistan in the high-profile ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup final at the ICC Academy on Sunday.
Squads
Pakistan: Sameer Minhas, Hamza Zahoor(w), Usman Khan, Ahmed Hussain, Farhan Yousaf(c), Huzaifa Ahsan, Daniyal Ali Khan, Mohammad Shayan, Abdul Subhan, Mohammad Sayyam, Ali Raza, Momin Qamar, Ali Hassan Baloch, Niqab Shafiq and Mohammad Huzaifa.
India: Ayush Mhatre(c), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Aaron George, Vihaan Malhotra, Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu(w), Kanishk Chouhan, Henil Patel, Khilan Patel, Deepesh Devendran, Kishan Kumar Singh, Udhav Mohan, Naman Pushpak, Harvansh Pangalia and Yuvraj Gohil.
Head-to-head
Pakistan and India have come face-to-face 28 times in Youth ODIs, with the latter dominating the head-to-head record with 16 victories, compared to the Green Shirts’ 11, while one match was tied.
Matches: 28
India: 16
Pakistan: 11
Tied: 1
Pakistan’s Under-19 cricket team stands on the brink of history as they prepare to face arch-rivals India in the ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup final on Sunday at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai.
After 11 editions and a 36-year wait, the young Shaheens have a landmark opportunity to clinch Pakistan’s maiden title in the tournament.
Despite being two-time ICC U19 World Cup champions (2004, 2006), Pakistan have never lifted the U19 Asia Cup trophy since its inception in 1989.
This final offers the chance to fill a glaring gap in the nation’s trophy cabinet and secure a long-awaited continental crown at the youth level.
ACC U19 Winners
- 1989/90: India Under-19s
- 2003/04: India Under-19s
- 2012: Trophy shared (Pakistan vs. India)
- 2013/14: India Under-19s
- 2016/17: India Under-19s
- 2017/18: Afghanistan Under-19s
- 2018/19: India Under-19s
- 2019: India Under-19s
- 2021/22: India Under-19s
- 2023/24: Bangladesh Under-19s
- 2024/25: Bangladesh Under-19s
- 2025/26: To be decided
