The ACC (Asian Cricket Council) U19 Men’s Premier Cup will be taking place in November 2025 in UAE, where fourteen (14) ACC Associate Member teams will compete for three (3) qualification spots into the main event. The Winner and the 3rd place play-off winner will join India and Pakistan in their group, while the Runners-up will join Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan in their group.

ACC U19 Men’s Asia Cup 2025 Schedule (Associates Only)

12th – 13th December 2025: India vs UAE (Scorecard) ; Pakistan vs Malaysia (Scorecard) ; Sri Lanka vs Nepal (Scorecard)

14th – 15th December 2025: UAE vs Malaysia (Scorecard) ; Bangladesh vs Nepal (Scorecard)

16th – 17th December 2025: Pakistan vs UAE (Scorecard) ; Malaysia vs India (Scorecard) ; Nepal vs Afghanistan (Scorecard)

Group A will feature teams from India, Pakistan, Japan and the host’s, UAE, while Group B will feature teams from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The top two (2) teams from both the groups at the conclusion of the single round-robin group stage format will advance to the semifinals of the tournament. With the 2026 ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Asia qualifier to feature Afghanistan, Nepal and UAE, the Asia Cup will provide the opportunity to build-up towards the event.

ACC U19 Men’s Asia Cup 2024 Schedule

United Arab Emirates: Aayan Khan (Captain), Ethan D’Souza, Noorullah Ayobi, Abdullah Tarique, Faisur Rahman, Rachit Ghosh, Akshat Rai, Harsh Desai, Rayan Khan, Aliasgar Shums, Karan Dhiman, Uddish Suri, Aryan Saxena, Mudit Agarwal and Yayin Rai

Japan: Koji Hardgrave Abe (Captain), Daniel Panckhurst, Timothy Moore, Aditya Phadke, Kazuma Kato-Stafford, Charlie Hinze, Kai Wall, Skyler Nakayama-Cook, Hugo Kelly, Aarav Tiwari, Nihar Parmar, Max Yonekawa-Lynn, Kiefer Yamamoto-Lake and Yuto Yageta

Nepal: Hemant Dhami (Captain), Naren Saud, Roshan Bishwakarma, Arjun Kumal, Unish Thakuri, Bipin Mahato, Aakash Tripathi, Naren Bhatta, Aprajit Poudel, Uttam Thapa Magar, Santosh Yadav, Abhisekh Tiwari, Mayan Yadav, Yuvraj Khatri and Ranjeet Kumar

29th November 2024: Afghanistan U19 vs Bangladesh U19 (Scorecard) ; Sri Lanka U19 vs Nepal U19 (Scorecard)

30th November 2024: India U19 vs Pakistan U19 (Scorecard) ; UAE U19 vs Japan U19 (Scorecard)

01st December 2024: Sri Lanka U19 vs Afghanistan U19 (Scorecard) ; Nepal U19 vs Bangladesh U19 (Scorecard)

02nd November 2024: Pakistan U19 vs UAE U19 (Scorecard) ; Japan U19 vs India U19 (Scorecard)

03rd December 2024: Afghanistan U19 vs Nepal U19 (Scorecard) ; Bangladesh U19 vs Sri Lanka U19 (Scorecard)

04th December 2024: Japan U19 vs Pakistan U19 (Scorecard) ; UAE U19 vs India U19 (Scorecard)

06th December 2024: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard)

08th December 2024: FINAL (Scorecard)

Karnataka U19 Men’s Tour of Nepal Schedule

13th November 2024: Nepal U19 vs Karnataka U19 – 1st OD (Scorecard)

15th November 2024: Nepal U19 vs Karnataka U19 – 2nd OD (Scorecard)

17th November 2024: Nepal U19 vs Karnataka U19 – 3rd OD (Scorecard)

19th November 2024: Nepal U19 vs Karnataka U19 – 4th OD (Scorecard)

21st November 2024: Nepal U19 vs Karnataka U19 – 5th OD (Scorecard)

The ACC U19 Men’s Asia Cup will feature teams from the Full member countries in the region (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan), joined by the three (3) qualifying teams from the ACC U19 Men’s Premier Cup in Malaysia (Nepal, United Arab Emirates and Japan).

2023 ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup Schedule

08th December 2023: India U19 vs Afghanistan U19 (Scorecard) ; Pakistan U19 vs Nepal U19 (Scorecard)

09th December 2023: Bangladesh U19 vs UAE U19 (Scorecard) ; Sri Lanka U19 vs Japan U19 (Scorecard)

10th December 2023: India U19 vs Pakistan U19 (Scorecard) ; Afghanistan U19 vs Nepal U19 (Scorecard)

11th December 2023: Sri Lanka U19 vs UAE U19 (Scorecard) ; Bangladesh U19 vs Japan U19 (Scorecard)

12th December 2023: Pakistan U19 vs Afghanistan U19 (Scorecard) ; India U19 vs Nepal U19 (Scorecard)

13th December 2023: Sri Lanka U19 vs Bangladesh U19 (Scorecard) ; UAE U19 vs Japan U19 (Scorecard)

15th December 2023: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard)

17th December 2023: FINAL (Scorecard)

Not much of a break will be in favour for either Hong Kong or UAE, as both dive right back into action on the 2nd consecutive day of the tournament as they take on Sri Lanka and India respectively and another loss could very well end their chances of qualifying into the finals of the U19 Asia Cup.

Both Hong Kong U19 and UAE U19 were left undone in their batting department and it will take a lot more than what they displayed on the opening day to pose any challenge to their opponents on the 2nd day of the competition.

Brief Scores:

India U19 304/9 in 50 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 104, Prabh Simran Singh 82, Ayush Badoni 33, Devdutt Padikkal 30, Mohit Jangra 19, Bhim Sharki 4/42, Rasid Khan 2/45, Sagar Dhakal 1/45) beat Nepal U19 133 all out in 36.4 overs (Asif Sheikh 25, Rohit Paudel 24, Sundeep Jora 20, Siddharth Desai 3/19, Harsh Tyagi 3/21, Mohit Jangra 2/34, Ajay Gangapuram 1/11) by 171 runs

UAE U19 140 all out in 43.5 overs (Brandon Adam 25, Muhammad Ali 24, Ansh Tandon 20, Qais Ahmed 4/40, Reyaz Hassan 1/4, Azmatullah Omarzai 1/13) lost to Afghanistan U19 144/5 in 27 overs (Azmatullah Omarzai 50 n.o, Basir Khan 22 n.o, Ijaz Ahmad 18, Kartik Meiyappan 2/39, Fahad Nawaz 1/28, Allshan Sharafu 1/38) by 5 wickets

Hong Kong U19 77 all out in 33 overs (Haroon Arshad 36, Naseem Shah 5/13, Muhammad Zunaid 3/23, Farruq Waqas 1/14) lost to Pakistan U19 78/1 in 14.4 overs (Mohsin Khan 32 n.o, Rohail Nazir 24 n.o, Nasrulla Rana 1/21) by 9 wickets

Mujeeb started training and playing cricket at the age of 12 in an Academy set up by Afghanistan’s National cricketer and Mujeeb’s cousin, Noor Ali Zadran. He joined Khost Province Academy afterwards.

Mujeeb recently revealed to Indian daily, Midday, that he used to watch YouTube videos of Sunil Narine & Ajantha Mendis to learn the art of gripping the ball during his delivery stride.

“I started playing a lot of tape ball cricket. While bowling with that ball, I struggled to grip it, so I started flicking the ball with my fingers. Then, I watched some youtube videos of Sunil Narine and Ajantha Mendis and learnt how they gripped the ball and flicked it with their middle finger. I started doing that and initially did not put power behind it.

It would be like a flighted off-spinner, but lowly, and after a lot practice, I eventually began to get some power behind my deliveries and was able to flick it harder” he said. For his full interview, click here.

Mujeeb’s skills have captured the attention of global Cricketing fraternity, as he has displayed during the ICC U19 World Cup in Jan 2018 and the recently concluded ACC U19 Asia Cup in 2017.

IT IS ALL OVER!!! Pakistan U19 are bowled out for 63 in 22.1 overs – Afghanistan U19 win the ACC U19 Youth Asia Cup 2017#AFGvsPAK #ACCU

— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) November 19, 2017

Buoyed by a match-winning knock by their wicket-keeper, Ikram Ali (107 n.o off 113 deliveries), Afghanistan U-19 managed to post 248/7 in their 50 overs on a slow track after their openers, Rahmanullah Zadran (40 off 53) and Ibrahim Zadran (36 off 76) provided a cautious start to the innings which saw them put up 61 runs for the 1st wicket.

Muhammad Musa (3/46), Shaheen Afridi (2/42) and Hassan Khan (1/36) were the pick of the bowlers for Pakistan U-19.

Pakistan chase got off to a horrible start as Mujeeb Zadran removing both the openers in the first 4 overs and were soon reduced to 42/5 in the 16th over as Qais Ahmad picked up 2 wickets including the important wicket of Muhammad Taha to end any realistic attempt at chasing the target.

Wickets kept falling as Mujeeb effected a run-out and picked up 2 more wickets to leave Pakistan U-19 at 61/8 in the 21st over. Qais Ahmad & Mujeeb completed the rout as they picked up the last 2 wickets to have Afghanistan U-19 bowl out Pakistan U-19 for only 63 runs in 22.1 overs to win by a big margin of 185 runs.

Congratulatory tweets were made by ACB Chairman Atif Mashal and President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani:

Congratulations to our U19 heroes for a very comprehensive win. They are now the new Asian champions. I am very proud of them.

— Ashraf Ghani (@ashrafghani) November 19, 2017

Many congratulations!!! AFGHANISTAN is the CHAMPION of ACC U19 Youth Asia Cup 2017. Historic day for Afghanistan and @ACBofficials.#AFGvsPAK #ACCU19YAC pic.twitter.com/VkfZw3rPDj

— Atif Mashal عاطف مشعل (@MashalAtif) November 19, 2017

Mujeeb finished with brilliant figures of 5/13 off his 7.1 overs while Qais Ahmad contributed 3/18 off his 6 overs. Mujeeb as adjudged the Man of the Series for the U-19 Asia Cup for his overall tally of 20 wickets in 5 matches giving away only 111 runs with an economy of 2.76 runs per over and strike rate of 12.05 deliveries per wicket.

Here's the AFG (U-19) skipper Naveen Ul Haq Murid receiving the Trophy and the cheque #PAKvAFG #ACC #YAC #Final pic.twitter.com/Dij55j230X

— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) November 19, 2017

Nepal U-19 were handed a Mujeeb ur Rahman’s brilliant spell of 6/28, a good support act from Qais Ahmad (2/23) and 2 run-out’s as they skittled out for a meagre 103 in 28 overs. Anil Sah (50 off 57) stood among the ruins for the better part of the entire Nepali innings as none of the other batsmen could mount any resistance to Afghan bowlers. The only reasonable partnership came for the 5th wicket as Anil and Bhim Sharki put on 30 runs.

Nepal knew their only chance was to somehow bowl out Afghanistan under their total and started with Sandeep Lamichhane with the ball along with Kamal Airee. Airee accounted for Ibrahim Zadran but Rahmanullah Gurbaz  (71 off 65) took the attack to the bowlers and scored a quickfire knock of  to take Afghanistan U-19 to 94/1 in 18 overs, when rain stopped play with only 10 runs required for victory.

Once the match resumed, Afghanistan U-19 lost the wickets of both Gurbaz and Ikram Ali to Pawan Sarraf and Sandeep Lamichhane, before Darwish Rasooli finished off the match with 2 big sixes. Afghanistan U-19 reached 108/3 in 20.3 overs to win the match by 7 wickets.

Pakistan U-19 reached the final yesterday after a nerve wrecking 1 run victory (By Duckworth-Lewis Method) over Bangladesh U-19 in a rain-curtailed match which forced the match to get over without any further play after the 38th over in the Pakistan U-19’s chase of Bangladeshi total. Pakistan U-19 now face the rampaging Afghans and their defeat against their finale opponents in the group match and the manner of defeat will spur them up for a better performance in the final.

Afghanistan U-19 boys now have a major chance of winning their maiden International trophy and showcase their rise in both Asian and World cricket.

Now, it has come to the situation that on the final day of group match action, Afghanistan, Nepal and India are in a must win scenarios to claim a spot in the semi-finals.

India U-19 will take on Bangladesh U-19 in their final game. Bangladesh have notched up 2 victories so far and with a big margin victory over Malaysia U-19, their net run-rate should see them through to semis if they do not lose badly against India. India, however, have no other option other than a win to see if they go through on points or net run-rate. A win for Bangladesh though, will see India getting knocked out of the competition.

Nepal U-19 from the same group go against Malaysia U-19 and are in a similar situation to book a place in the semis either with points or net run-rate but have no other option than winning the match. After their record-breaking performance the other day, Nepali boys will be beaming with confidence to take their team through to the semis.

However, if India lose their match, then a win only will see Nepal qualify for the semis.

The situation is lot different for both Afghanistan U-19 and UAE U-19, who face each other in their final group match. A win for Afghanistan will see them through to the semis but a UAE win will end up seeing Afghanistan knocked out of the competition. Pakistan U-19 notched up their 2nd victory against Sri Lanka U-19 and are almost guaranteed a semifinal spot if Afghanistan does not manage to beat UAE convincingly tomorrow.

Sri Lanka U-19 have finished their campaign with 2 win out of 3 matches and now await the result of the Afghanistan & UAE match and will be hoping that UAE somehow manage to upset the young blue tigers.

ACC U-19 Asia Cup Points Table: