Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) will be hosting the 2026 ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Asia Division 1 qualifier in from April 12th – 21st, 2025, in which U19 National teams from United Arab Emirates, Nepal, Afghanistan, Oman and Hong Kong-China will be competing for the lone qualification spot into the main draw of the 2026 event. All teams will play each other in a single round-robin group stage format, following which the top team in the points table will advance to the main event in Namibia and Zimbabwe in 2026.
2026 ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Asia Division 1 Qualifier Schedule
Nepal: Naren Bhatt (Captain), Abhishek Tiwari, Niraj Yadav, Sahil Patel, Cibrin Shrestha, Roshan Biswakarma, Darsh Sonar, Dilsad Ali, Santosh Yadav, Ashok Dhami, Dayanand Mandal, Aprajit Poudel, Yuvraj Khatri and Bipin Sharma
Afghanistan: Mahboob Taskin (Captain), Uzair Khan, Faisal Shinozada, Khalid Ahmadzai, Barkat Ibrahimzai, Nazifullah Amiri, Azizullah Miakhil, Wahidullah Zadran, Hafizullah Zadran, Nasratullah Nooristani, Abdul Aziz Khan, Khatir Khan Stanikzai, Zaitullah Shaheen and Rohullah Arab
United Arab Emirates: Prithvi Madhu (Captain), Akshat Rai, Aliasgar Shums, Ata ur Rahman Mangal, Ayaan Misbah, Karan Dhiman, Madhav Manoj Nair, Muhammad Ahmed, Muhammad Ismail, Rayan Khan, Shalom Dsouza, Uddish Suri, Yayin Kiran and Yug Sharma
Oman: Rahil Habibulla (Captain), Prathiesh Ramesh, Nitish Ndendla, Saumya Sampat, Jeet Shah, Varshieth Dinesh, Siddharth Shankar, Omindu Medagoda, Rishab Gupta, Ojjus Pachisia, Ayush Karthyic, Kavish Shah, Vignesh Karthikeyan and Aryan Joshi
Hong Kong, China: Shiv Mathur (Captain), Abdul Samad Khan, Jude Li Thomas, Harry Thomas Hodgson, Shayan Puri, Arya Panjwani, Daniel Morgan Mapp, Abhimanyu Ganesan, Preet Kishorkumar Mangukiya, Qasim Iqbal, Aftaab Mohammad, Raja Shahbaz Mahmood, Veer Mathur ad Paarth Srivastava
13th – 14th April 2025: Oman vs Afghanistan (Scorecard) ; Nepal vs UAE (Scorecard) ; Oman vs Nepal (Scorecard) ; Afghanistan vs Hong Kong, China (Scorecard)
16th – 17th April 2025: UAE vs Afghanistan (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong, China vs Nepal (Scorecard) ; Oman vs UAE (Scorecard)
18th – 19th April 2025: Hong Kong, China vs Oman (Scorecard) ; Afghanistan vs Nepal (Scorecard) ; UAE vs Hong Kong, China (Scorecard)
