ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2026 - Discussion thread [From January 15 - February 06]

[Human786]

74/1 in 16 - IND boys in trouble !!!

 

[Human786]

89/1 in 18 - imo AFG19 can defend 240+ .

 

[Devadwal]

89/1 in 18 - imo AFG19 can defend 240+ .

I don't mind Afghanistan win here. They are already playing the semifinal and reaching in the final is pure Gold for them .

After all Afghanistan is 2nd best team from Asia in tournaments

 

[Human786]

260+ def on from here ... 116/1 in 24 .
27 year young Faisal 41 from 36 !

 

[Human786]

116/2

 

[Human786]

130/2 in 28 ... sad performence by I19 .

 

[Devadwal]

130/2 in 28 ... sad performence by I19 .

Relex karo. Kyu itna tension le rahe ho.

 

[sweep_shot]

Afghans are doing well.

AFG - 175/2 (36 overs).

 

[sweep_shot]

AFG - 198/2 (39.3 overs).

If Afghans can reach 300, I think they can defend this. They have good spinners.

 

[sweep_shot]

AFG - 242/2 (44 overs).

Faisal Shinozada earlier got his century. Well played.

 

[Human786]

This game is over . 242/2 in 44 . The 27 year old [ being kinder ] has scored a ton .

 

[sweep_shot]

This game is over . 242/2 in 44 . The 27 year old [ being kinder ] has scored a ton .

This would've been a winning total in Bulawayo. But, this is Harare.

Harare is flatter.

I don't think game is over yet.

 

[sweep_shot]

AFG - 289/3 (47.4 overs).

300+ should be a great total. Afghans have a good chance of going to final now.

 

[Rajdeep]

How good is Afghanistan?

I will not be surprised if the win this U19 WC

 

[hamzie]

lol this indian fielding

 

[hamzie]

uzair doesnt look under 19 though lol

 

[sweep_shot]

uzair doesnt look under 19 though lol

Many of their players don't look U19.

Anyway, as long as they beat India, I can overlook that.

 

[sweep_shot]

Afghanistan finish at 310/4.

India need 311 to win.

Afghans are favorites now.

 

[Human786]

Target 311

 

[Devadwal]

Doens't matter for US. I personally prefer Australia because defeating Australia is most satisfying things as they are beast team.

Btw Afghanistan is favourite against India in semifinal.

No, not by any stretch of imagination ...

@Human786 I told you Afghanistan is favourite , but I don't mind them if they win it.

 

[IAJ]

Well done Afghanistan

Now over to the bowlers, and more importantly fielders. You will have to take your chances.

 

[IAJ]

Well I mentioned earlier AFG needs to take their chances and have already dropped the dangerman

 

[Rajdeep]

Well I mentioned earlier AFG needs to take their chances and have already dropped the dangerman

Hws that a drop?

 

[sweep_shot]

Well I mentioned earlier AFG needs to take their chances and have already dropped the dangerman

That was an easy catch. Should've been taken.

 

[Rajdeep]

I have zero confidence in Suryavanshi. Like other Surya i.e Surya Kumar Yadav, this Suryavanshi guy is a hack as well.

 

[Devadwal]

Hws that a drop?

Earlier they dropped a catch on point.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I have zero confidence in Suryavanshi. Like other Surya i.e Surya Kumar Yadav, this Suryavanshi guy is a hack as well.

No way he is a hack. Poor shot selection. But he has solid defense , gun bat swing. But he tries to hit every single ball. That i where the problem is.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Not sure why Afghanistan is bowling spinners in power play.

 

[jnaveen1980]

All said and done he is above this level. He shouldn't be playing.

 

[Rajdeep]

Now that is a drop chance

 

[Snowflake]

I don't mind Afghanistan win here. They are already playing the semifinal and reaching in the final is pure Gold for them .

After all Afghanistan is 2nd best team from Asia in tournaments

You don't have an option bud

 

[jnaveen1980]

Is Afghanistan choking? They were saying a lot about their great fielding upfront. First time i see them play

 

[Devadwal]

You don't have an option bud

This was my point before the match started, but has India lost?

 

[Devadwal]

Vaibhav is trying to play shots on every ball. He needs to be learn very quickly.

He goes for 68. India 90/1

 

[Ball Blazer]

Vaibhav is trying to play shots on every ball. He needs to be learn very quickly.

He goes for 68. India 90/1

Slogger

 

[jnaveen1980]

Slogger

Slogger is a cross batted player. He scores a lot of runs through off side from still position.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Tough tough chase b it so far it’s been a phenomenal start by the Indian boys.

Keep it going guys.
Play positive cricket.

 

[Devadwal]

India 172/2 (21)

Need 134 runs from 174 balls

 

[Bhaijaan]

India 172/2 (21)

Need 134 runs from 174 balls

186/1

 

[Arajit]

rather its 188/1 22.5 overs

 

[rpant_gabba]

Blattodea have gone missing

 

[Sachin fan]

Vibhav's quick innings helped these two batsmen to take their time to settle in without too much pressure of run rate.

 

[Hellion]

@Devadwal good news no Australia in final

Not better than Sundays. Overaged tamperers are out of the tournament even before semis

 

[Bhaijaan]

204/1


107 needed in 24 overs

It would have been a huge choke now to lose it from here.

Possible in Under 19 cricket. These two better keep going

 

[Bhaijaan]

204/1


107 needed in 24 overs

It would have been a huge choke now to lose it from here.

Possible in Under 19 cricket. These two better keep going

OUT

Captain Ayush Mhatre departs for 62.

India better not choke from here.

204/2

 

[Bhaijaan]

82 to win in 20 overs. 8 wickets in hand.

Dont screw it up from here.

 

[Devadwal]

82 to win in 20 overs. 8 wickets in hand.

Dont screw it up from here.

Relex , kahe tension lete ho

 

[globetrotter]

India 243/2 in 32 overs

That's the power of India, some teams gives frivlous reasons to play against India

 

[globetrotter]

Some afghan players clearly looking above 19

 

[Bhaijaan]

55 to win from 16.3 overs.

8 wickets in hand

India have one foot in the final

 

[Bhaijaan]

OUT

Too late now.

300/3

Just 11 more needed in 10 overs

 

[Devadwal]

You don't have an option bud

Behati Hawa Sa Tha Woh,
Udati Patang Sa Tha Woh
Kahaan Gaya Use Dhundon

 

[globetrotter]

India beat Afghanistan by 7 wickets where they meet England

Congratulations team India .... victory in 42nd over

 

[Bhaijaan]

India wins comprehensively and reaches final.

It’s going to be India vs England for the trophy

 

[SportsWarrior]

Behati Hawa Sa Tha Woh,
Udati Patang Sa Tha Woh
Kahaan Gaya Use Dhundon

suddenly this poster and few others like famed scoreboard keeper, the fan of pathetic loser team will be missing

 

[Devadwal]

What a superb performance by the India U19 batters. Brilliant hundred by Aaron George. Vaibhav and captain Ayush Mhatre both scoring in the crucial semi final.

 

[SportsWarrior]

This indian U19 team is a pretty mediocre team except two or three players. I really don't think the will win the final.. lets see..

 

[maha3us]

Maxwell's ghost came up from India to put down Afghanistan.

 

[jnaveen1980]

6th final in a row.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This indian U19 team is a pretty mediocre team except two or three players. I really don't think the will win the final.. lets see..

India beat England 3-2 in England.

 

[Ball Blazer]

Indians are acting like they are winning the World Cup

 

[Human786]

@Human786 I told you Afghanistan is favourite , but I don't mind them if they win it.

Terrific chase .

 

[Devadwal]

Indians are acting like they are winning the World Cup

india are acting like they are winning 4th ICC titles in 2 years.

 

[Human786]

Indians are acting like they are winning the World Cup

They are atleast playing the finals & have a shot at winning it

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

Behati Hawa Sa Tha Woh,
Udati Patang Sa Tha Woh
Kahaan Gaya Use Dhundon

You are poetic. I’m more basic; my song begins

Daddy mujhse bola

And you know how the refrain goes.

 

[Devadwal]

Afghanistan finish at 310/4.

India need 311 to win.

Afghans are favorites now.

Afghanistan were favourite until this point.

 

[Human786]

Terrific chase .

Pity Faisal & Uzair [ both well over 25 ] played this tournament .

 

[Champ_Pal]

I am surprised how this below average Indian U19 team is playing like champions in the tournament.

Afghans posted a mammoth 310/4 in their 50 Overs and India chased it down with ease in just 41 overs. Is Indian U19 team this good? I saw them in the U19 Asia cup and they looked bang average.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I am surprised how this below average Indian U19 team is playing like champions in the tournament.

Afghans posted a mammoth 310/4 in their 50 Overs and India chased it down with ease in just 41 overs. Is Indian U19 team this good? I saw them in the U19 Asia cup and they looked bang average.

They are not below average. Bowling is average. Batting is as good as it gets. 2024 was below average opening with a tulla like ARshin Kulkarni.

 

[sweep_shot]

Indians are acting like they are winning the World Cup

Hopefully England will crush them in the final.

Afghans tend to gift India easy wins. Intensity goes missing.

 

[Devadwal]

Hopefully England will crush them in the final.

Afghans tend to gift India easy wins. Intensity goes missing.

Now start the conspiracy theories , why did your minnow Bangladesh and Pakistan lost against india.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Tired of reaching finals

 

[jnaveen1980]

2023 final lost
2024 final win
2025 final win
Asia cup final win
Woman's cup final win
U19 world cup final 2024 loss
U19 world cup final 2026

yawn..

 

[Ball Blazer]

India join England in ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup final after record chase

A magnificent hundred from Aaron George saw India pull off a record chase and beat Afghanistan by seven wickets in the ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup 2026 semi-finals.

Faisal Khan and Uzairullah Niazai had each reached three figures for Afghanistan as they made 310 for four from their 50 overs.

That left India needing to pull off the biggest chase in the history of the competition to progress, and they did just that.

George was the star of the show, scoring a sensational 115, having earlier played second fiddle to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and then Ayush Mhatre.

Although he could not quite see India home, the job was effectively done as they sealed a date with England in Friday’s final with 8.5 overs to spare.

George piles up the runs in brilliant batting display

After winning the toss, Afghanistan elected to bat, with Khalid Ahmadzai (31) and Osman Sadat (39) starting strongly as they put on 53 for the first wicket.

Osman kicked on after being joined by Faisal Khan, with the pair adding a further 64.

Faisal, who already has two fifties and a hundred to his name in the tournament, was in exquisite form, and he and Uzairullah Niazai timed their innings to perfection.

Faisal hit 15 boundaries in his 110 and he and Uzairullah combined to take Afghanistan to 265 for three with their 148-run stand.

Even before Deepesh Devendran removed Faisal, Uzairullah had started to up the ante, going after the Indian bowling.

And he ramped it up and matched his batting partner in making it to three figures, only the second time in the tournament’s history that two batters had hit centuries in the same innings of a knockout clash.

With Uzairullah finishing unbeaten on 101, Afghanistan completed their innings on 310 for four, leaving India with history to make to progress to the final.

India’s chase needed a fast start and in Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, they had just the man to send them on their way.

The 14-year-old showed intent from the off and hammered four sixes in his 33 balls at the crease on his way to a blistering 68.

He was given one life, when put down on 22, while opening partner Aaron George was on 20 when Wahid Zadran spilled a chance he had offered up.

Sooryavanshi brought up his half-century in 25 deliveries and had brought the required rate down to a manageable level when he top-edged one to midwicket off Nooristani Omarzai.

By that point, India had 90 on the board inside 10 overs, and the arrival of Ayush Mhatre did nothing to slow the chase.

The skipper got off the mark with a six and took full advantage of good batting conditions as he and George put on 114 for the second wicket.

Mhatre (62) fell to Nooristani (2/64) with 107 still required but Vihaan Malhotra quickly settled in alongside George.

He got one life when he appeared to have been caught and bowled by Abdul Aziz, only to earn a reprieve thanks to a no-ball.

George finally departed for 115 off 104 deliveries with 300 on the board, but Malhotra quickly wrapped things up on his way to 38 not out.

Scores in brief

India v Afghanistan – Harare Sports Club, Harare

Afghanistan 310/4 in 50 overs (Faisal Khan 110, Uzairullah Niazai 101 not out; Kanishk Chouhan 2/55, Deepesh Devendran 2/64)

India 311/3 in 41.1 overs (Aaron George 115, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 68, Ayush Mhatre 62; Nooristani Omarzai 2/64, Wahid Zadran 1/67)

Result: India win by seven wickets

 

[SportsWarrior]

India beat England 3-2 in England.

yeah, it is possible. i know that. but overall i don't have good vibes about this team. Lets see how it goes

 

[jnaveen1980]

yeah, it is possible. i know that. but overall i don't have good vibes about this team. Lets see how it goes

Everyone has been in good form. But bowling looks a little lackluster. They should use all the bowling options like Vihaan who bowls fast yorkers as a spinner. Also Vaibhav bowls well. Mhatre turns square. They have to rotate the bowlers smartly.

 

[SportsWarrior]

Everyone has been in good form. But bowling looks a little lackluster. They should use all the bowling options like Vihaan who bowls fast yorkers as a spinner. Also Vaibhav bowls well. Mhatre turns square. They have to rotate the bowlers smartly.

agree, the bowling i what gives me the medicore vibe about the team. Batting, as you said above, is as good as it gets.. Lets see..

 

[Snowflake]

Behati Hawa Sa Tha Woh,
Udati Patang Sa Tha Woh
Kahaan Gaya Use Dhundon

Point was that it’s very easy to say that when the opposition has amassed a massive total and it would take a record to chase it down.