Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) have announced their 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC U19 Cricket World Cup scheduled to be held in the West Indies from January 14th – February 05th 2022, at select venues across Antigua, Guyana, Saint Kitts, and Trinidad. UAE U19 were awarded the place from the Asian regional qualifiers, as the qualifying tournament scheduled for 2021 was cancelled owing to COVID-19 pandemic.
United Arab Emirates are placed alongside Bangladesh U19, England U19 and Canada U19 in group A of the tournament, with official warm-up fixtures scheduled against Papua New Guinea U19 and Afghanistan U19. The top two (2) teams in each group at the end of single round-robin group stage format will advance to the quarterfinals stage of the tournament, while the bottom two (2) teams from each group will contest in the Plate Championships to decide the final positions in the 16-team event.
United Arab Emirates U19 World Cup Squad
Alishan Sharafu (Captain), Kai Smith, Dhruv Parashar, Punya Mehra, Ronak Panoly, Ali Aamer Naseer, Adithya Shetty, Soorya Sathish, Sailles Jaishankar, Vinayak Vijaya Raghavan, Aayan Khan, Aryansh Sharma, Jash Giyanani, Shival Bawa and Nilansh Keswani
