U19 Asia Cup 2023: Teams, Schedule, When And Where To Watch ACC Under 19 Asia Cup Matches Live

Under 19 Asia Cup: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is all set to host the 10th edition of the U19 Asia Cup 2023 (50 overs) which will begin on Friday, December 8. Similar to the previous edition, the tournament will be hosted in Dubai, with matches being played across three different venues namely - ICC Academy Oval 1, ICC Academy Oval 2 and Dubai International Cricket Stadiums. The Dubai International Cricket Stadium will host the all-important U19 Asia Cup final on Sunday, December 17.

The ACC Under 19 Asia Cup 2023 tournament will see 8 teams fighting it out for the coveted Asian Cup Champions title. The full-member teams - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be joined by Nepal, UAE and Japan who finished as the top three sides in the ACC Men's Under-19 Premier Cup.

Here are the eight teams participating in the U19 Asia Cup 2023 tournament

• India

• Pakistan

• Sri Lanka

• Bangladesh

• Afghanistan

• Nepal

• UAE

• Japan

The 8 teams have been divided into two groups of four teams each. India and Pakistan have been pitted against each other in the same group along with Afghanistan and Nepal.

Group A

• India

• Pakistan

• Nepal

• Afghanistan

Group B

• Sri Lanka

• Bangladesh

• United Arab Emirates

• Japan

The ACC Under 19 Asia Cup will cover a total of 15 matches which will include two semi-finals and a final. Each team in the group will play the other remaining teams within the group once, with the top two from each group then moving on to the semi-finals.

Here are the full squads of all eight teams participating in the Under 19 Asia Cup tournament.

India Under19 Squad

Uday Saharan (c), Arshin Kulkarni, Adarsh Singh, Rudra Patel, Sachin Dhas, Priyanshu Moliya, Musheer Ahmed Khan, Aradhya Shukla, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari, Aravelly Avanish (wk), Saumy Pandey, Abishek Murugan, Innesh Mahajan, Dhanush Gowda

Pakistan Under19 Squad

Mirza Saad Baig (c), Ahmad Hussain, Ali Asfand, Amir Hassan, Arafat Ahmed Minhas, Azan Awais, Khubaib Khalil, Najab Khan, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Ubaid Shah, Muhammad Riaz Ullah, Muhammad Tayyab, Muhammad Zeeshan, Shahzaib Khan, Shamyl Hussain

Sri Lanka Under19 Squad

Sineth Jayawardene (c), Malsha Tharupath, Pulindu Perera, Rusanda Gamage, Ravishan Nethsara, Sharujan Shanmuganathan, Dinura Kalupahana, Vishwa Lahiru, Garuka Sanketh, Vishen Halambage, Ruvishan Perera, Vihas Thewmika, Duvindu Ranatunga, Hirun Kapurubandara, Dinuka Thennakoon

Sri Lanka Under19 Squad

Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby (c), Ahrar Amin, Jishan Alam, Mohammad Rohanat, Doullah Borson, Mohammad Asrafuzzaman, Boranno Mohammad Iqbal Hasanemon, Ariful Islam, Sheikh Paevez Jibon, Maruf Mridha, Mohammad Rafiuzzaman Rafi, Chowdhury Mohammad Rizwan, Adil Bin Siddik, Mohammad Ashiqur Rahaman Shibli, Wasi Siddiquee

Afghanistan Under19 Squad

Naseer Khan Maroof Khil (c), Wafiullah Tarakhil, Jamshid Zadran, Khalid Taniwal, Akram Mohammadzai, Sohail Khan Zurmati, Rahimullah Zurmati, Noman Shah Agha Agha, Mohammad Younus Zadran, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Wahidullah Zadran, Bashir Ahmad Afghan, Faridoon Dawoodzai and Khalel Khalel Ahmad

Nepal Under19 Squad

Dev Khanal (c), Dipesh Prasad Kandel, Uttam RanguThapa Magar, Dipak Prasad Dumre, Akash Chand, Bishal Bikram KC, Tilak Raj Bhandari, Bipin Rawal, Gulshan Kumar Jha, Hemant Dhami, Subash Bhandari, Aakash Tripathi, Arjun Kumal, Dipak Bohara

UAE Under19 Squad

Aayan Afzal Khan (c), Ayman Ahamed Shakeel Ahamed, Ammar Badami, Ethan Carl D’Souza, Maroof Merchant, Dhruv Parashar, Hardik Pai, Akshat Rai, Yayin Kiran Rai, Omid Rahman, Aryansh Sharma, Harshit Seth, Harit Shetty, Shrey Sethi, Tanish Suri

Japan Under19 Squad

Koji Hardgrave Abe (c), Kazuma Kato Stafford, Chihaya Arakawa, Shotaro Hiratsuka, Charles Hinze, Hirotake Kakinuma, Hugo Kelly, Daniel Panckhurst, Nihar Parmar, Aditya Phadke, Timothy Moore, Tomo Rear, Aarav Tiwari, Kiefer Lake

Fans can watch the live streaming of the Under 19 Asia Cup 2023 tournament on ACC's official YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@AsianCricketCouncilTV

The Under 19 Asia Cup 2023 tournament will not be broadcasted live on TV.

India are reigning and the most successful champions of the Under 19 Asia Cup, winning their 8th title out of the possible 10. India recorded a hat-trick of Asia Cup wins after winning the last edition of the U19 Asia Cup tournament in 2021.