India face UAE in ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2021 opener - watch live in India

The ninth edition of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2021 will be hosted by the UAE between December 23 to 31. 

Eight teams divided into two groups of four each will participate in the tournament. Group A comprises Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and UAE while Bangladesh, Nepal, Kuwait and Sri Lanka are placed in Group B. 

Defending champions India will play hosts UAE in the first match of the tournament on December 23 at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai before taking on arch-rivals Pakistan on December 25. 

The top two teams from each group will compete in the semi-finals on December 30. The final match of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2021 will be held at the iconic Dubai International Cricket Stadium on December 31.  

India has won seven out of the eight editions of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup.   

ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2021 schedule, fixtures and live India match times

All times in India Standard Time (IST)

ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2021 squads

India Under-19 full squad: Harnoor Singh Pannu, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ansh Gosai, S K Rasheed, Yash Dhull (captain), Anneshwar Gautam, Siddharth Yadav, Kaushal Tambe, Nishant Sindhu, Dinnesh Bana, Aaradhya Yadav, Rajangad Bawa, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Garv Sangwan, Ravi Kumar, Rishith Reddy, Manav Parakh, Amrit Raj Upadhyay, Vicky Ostwal, Vasu Vats (subject to fitness clearance)

Bangladesh Under-19 full squad: Rakibul Hasan (captain), Prantik Nawrose Nabil, Mahfijul Islam, Iftakhar Hossain Ifti, SM Meherob Hasan, Aich Mollah, Abdulla Al Mamun, Gazi Mohammad Tahjibul Islam, Ariful Islam, Md Fahim, Mohammad Musfik Hasan, Ripon Mondol, Md Ashiqur Zaman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Naimur Rohman Noyon

Nepal Under-19 full squad: Dev Khanal (captain), Sher Malla, Dipesh Kandel, Vivek Yadav, Vivek Rana Magar, Gulshan Jha, Santosh Karki, Adil Ansari, Tilak Raj Bhandari, Arjun Kumal, Vasir Ahmed, Durgesh Gupta, Prakash Jaisi, Arjun Saud, Rahul Bhandari

Afghanistan Under-19 full squad: Suliman Safi (captain), Suliman Arabzai, Bilal Sayeedi, Allah Noor, Muhammadullah, Khyber, Ijaz Ahmad, Izharulhaq Naweed, Noor Ahmad, Ijaz Ahmadzai, Faisal Khan, Naveed Zadran, Bilal Sami, Nangeyalia Khan, Khalel Ahmad, Mohammad Ishaq, Abdul Hadi, Bilal Tarin, Shahid Hassani, Younus 

Sri Lanka Under-19 full squad (final squad TBC): Sadeesh Jayawardena, Shavon Dania, Dunith Wellalage (captain), Pawan Pathiraja, Matheesha Pathirana, Vibahavith Ehelapola, Traveen Mathews, Chamidu Wickramasinghe, Lahiru Abeysinghe, Lahiru Dewatage, Danal Hemananda, Wanuja Kumara, Pawan Sandesh, Jeewaka Shasheen, Sasanka Nirmal, Ryan Fernando, Yasiru Rodrigo, Raveen de Silva, Vinuja Ranpul, Abhishek Liyanarachchi, Sadisha Rajapaksa, Matheesa Weerasingha, Malsha Tharupathi, Harindu Jayasekera, Bawantha Jayasinghe and Maleesha Silva.

Pakistan Under-19 full squad: Qasim Akram (captain), Abdul Faseeh, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ahmed Khan, Ali Asfand, Arham Nawab, Awais Ali, Faisal Akram, Haseebullah, Irfan Khan Niazi, Maaz Sadaqat, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Shehzad, Rizwan Mehmood, Zeeshan Zameer   

UAE Under-19 full 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, Nilansh Keswani 

Kuwait Under-19 full squad: TBC

Where to watch ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2021 live in India?

ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2021 live telecast will be available only for the final match on the TV channels of the Star Sports Network. 

Live streaming of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2021 will also be available only for the final match on Disney+ Hotstar app and website.

Other matches of the tournament will not be broadcast live in India.

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