ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup schedule released

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) U-19 Cricket World Cup schedule has been released.

According to the details, U-19 World Cup was scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka but has been shifted to South Africa due to suspension of membership.

According to ICC, the U-19 Cricket World Cup will start from January 19 and the final of the tournament will be played on February 11.

The 41 matches of the tournament will be played at five venues in South Africa while the warm-up matches will be played from January 13 to 17.

Group-A of U-19 World Cup includes India, Bangladesh, Ireland and USA. Group-B includes England, South Africa, West Indies and Scotland.

Australia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Namibia are in Group-C while Afghanistan, Pakistan, New Zealand and Nepal are in Group-D.

Pakistan U-19 cricket team will play their first match against Afghanistan on January 20, while they will take on Nepal on January 24 and New Zealand on January 27.