ICC U-19 World Cup 2018: Here’s the list of full squad, dates, venues

The most enthralling cricketing tournament, the ICC U-19 World Cup is set to kick off from January 13 in New Zealand. 16 teams will battle it out for glory in the 21 days tournament, which will be flagged off at Cobham Oval in Whangarei. The tournament that provides the biggest platform to the aspiring cricketers to take it to the next level, will witness its concluding game on February 3 at the Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui.

The colts representing their nations will lock horns to emerge on top and pave their way into the senior national teams. The likes of Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Kane Williamson among others all started their cricketing career from this prestigious tournament. The Indian team will be poised to move one step ahead, under the managerial role of Indian batting great ‘The Wall’ Rahul Dravid. India will start their campaign on January 14 against Australia in Bay Oval at 6:30 AM IST. Whereas, the defending champ West Indies will open its campaign against host New Zealand on Jan 13.

Here are all the details of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup:

Fixtures:

January 13:

Pakistan vs Afghanistan

Zimbabwe vs PNG

Bangladesh vs Namibia

New Zealand vs Windies

January 14:

Sri Lanka vs Ireland

South Africa vs Kenya

India vs Australia

January 15:

Bangladesh vs Canada

England vs Namibia

January 16:

Pakistan vs Ireland

India vs PNG

January 17:

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan

Zimbabwe vs Australia

New Zealand vs Kenya

Windies vs South Africa

January 18:

Namibia vs Kenya

Bangladesh vs England

January 19:

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan

Australia vs PNG

India vs Zimbabwe

January 20:

Afghanistan vs Ireland

Windies vs Kenya

England vs Canada

New Zealand vs South Africa

January 22:

Plate Quarter-final 1

Plate Quarter-final 2

January 23:

Super League Quarter-final 1

Plate Quarter-final 3

Plate Quarter-final 4

January 24:

Super League Quarter-final 2

January 25:

Super League Quarter-final 3

Plate playoff Semi-final 1

Plate playoff Semi-final 2

Plate Semi-final 1

January 26:

Super League Quarter-final 4

Plate semi-final 2

January 27:

Super League playoff Semi-final 1

15th place playoff

13th place playoff

5th place playoff

January 28:

11th place playoff

5th place playoff

Plate Final

January 29:

Semi-final 1

January 30:

7th place playoff

Semi-final 2

January 31:

5th place playoff

February 1:

3rd place playoff

February 3:

The Final

Below are the full squad of all 16 teams of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018

India

Prithvi Shaw (capt), Shubman Gill, Aryan Juyal, Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Harvik Desai, Manjot Kalra, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Pankaj Yadav, Riyan Parag, Ishan Porel, Himanshu Rana, Anukul Roy, Shivam Mavi, Shiva Singh.

Afghanistan

Naveen-ul-Haq (capt), Azmatullah Omarzai, Baheer Shah, Darwish Rasooli, Ikram Ali Khil, Mohammad Ibrahim, Mujeeb Zadran, Nisar Wahdat, Qais Ahmad, Rahmanullah, Tariq Stanikzai, Wafadar ,Waqarullah Ishaq, Yousuf Zazai, Zahir Khan.

Australia

Jason Sangha (capt), Will Sutherland, Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Jack Edwards, Zak Evans, Jarrod Freeman, Ryan Hadley, Baxter Holt, Nathan McSweeney, Jonathan Merlo, Lloyd Pope, Jason Ralston, Param Uppal, Austin Waugh.

Bangladesh

Saif Hassan (capt), Afif Hossain, Aminul Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Mahidul Islam Ankon, Mohammad Naim, Mohammad Rakib, Nayeem Hasan, Pinak Ghosh, Qazi Onik, Robiul Hoque, Roni Hossen , Shakil Hossain, Tipu Sultan, Towhid Hridoy.

Canada

Arslan Khan (capt), Akash Gill, Ashtan Deosammy, Emanuel Khokhar, Kavian Naress, Kevin Singh, Pranav Sharma, Randhir Sandhu, Krishen Samuel, Faisal Jamkhandi, Arshdeep Dhaliwal, Rishiv Joshi, Aran Pathmanathan, Pieter Pretorius, Rommel Shazad.

England

Harry Brook (capt), Ethan Bamber, Liam Banks, Tom Banton, Jack Davies, Adam Finch, Luke Hollman, Will Jacks, Tom Lammonby, Dillon Pennington, Savin Perera, Tom Scriven, Prem Sisodiya, Fin Trenouth, Roman Walker.

Ireland

Harry Tector (capt), Ian Anders, Aaron Cawley, Varun Chopra, Mark Donegan, JJ Garth, Jamie Grassi, Reece Kelly, Graham Kennedy, Joshua Little, Sam Murphy, Max Neville, Neil Rock, Morgan Topping, Andrew Vincent.

Kenya

Sachin Bhudia (capt), Maxwel Ager, Abhishekh Chidambaran, Aveet Desai, Jay Doshi, Aman Gandhi, Ankit Hirani , Jasraj Kundi, Jayant Mepani, Gerard Mwendwa, Dennis Musyoka, Thomas Ochieng, Sukhdeep Singh, Siddharth Vasudev. Rene Were.

Pakistan

Hasan Khan (capt), Rohail Nazir , Mohammad Ali Khan, Ali Zaryab, Ammad Alam, Arshad Iqbal, Imran Shah, Mohammad Taha, Muhammad Mohsin Khan, Muhammad Musa, Muhammad Zaid, Munir Riaz, Saad Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Suleman Shafqat.

Papua New Guinea

Sema Kamea (capt), Eisa Eka, James Tau, Tau Toa Nou, Nou Rarua, Igo Mahuru, Simon Atai, Leke Morea, Vagi Karaho, Kevau Tau, Heagi Toua, Daure Aiga, Ovia Sam, Sinaka Arua, Boge Arua.

Namibia

Lohan Louwrens (capt), Henry Brink, Petrus Burger, Jan-Izak de Villiers, Shaun Fouche, Jurgen Linde, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Lottering, Erich van Mollendorf, Dewald Nell, Mauritius Ngupita, Ben Shikongo, Floris Steenkamp, Ramon Wilmot, Eben van Wyk.

New Zealand

Kaylum Boshier (capt), Finn Allen, Jakob Bhula, Max Chu, Katene Clarke, Matthew Fisher, Luke Georgeson, Ben Lockrose, Callum McLachlan, Felix Murray, Dale Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Sandeep Patel, Connor Sullivan, Todd Watson.

Sri Lanka

Kamindu Mendis (capt), Jehan Daniel, Krishan Sanjula, Ashen Bandara, Hareen Buddila, Hasitha Boyagoda, Nipun Dananjaya, Thisaru Rashmika, Nawanidu Fernando, Santhush Gunathilaka, Praveen Jayawickrama, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Nishan Madushka, Nipun Malinga, Kalana Perera.

South Africa

Raynard van Tonder (capt), Matthew Breetzke , Gerald Coetzee, Jade de Klerk, Jean du Plessism, Fraser Jones, Wandile Makwetu, Akhona Mnyaka, Andile Mokgakane, Kgaudisa Molefe, Jason Niemand, Thando Ntini, Jiveshan Pillay ,Hermann Rolfes, Kenan Smith.

West Indies

Emmanuel Stewart (capt), Kirstan Kallicharan, Ronaldo Alimohamed, Alick Athanaze, Cephas Cooper, Jarion Hoyte, Kimani Melius, Ashmead Nedd, Kian Pemberton, Raymond Perez, Joshua Persaud, Jeavor Royal, Keagan Simmons, Bhaskar Yadram, Nyeem Young.

Zimbabwe

Liam Roche (capt), Robert Chimhinya, Jonathan Connolly, Gregory Dollar, Alistair Frost, Taun Harrison, Wesley Madhevere, Tanunurwa Makoni, Donald Mlambo, Dion Myers, Tinashe Nenhunzi, Nkosilatu Nunu, Kieran Robinson, Jayden Schadendorf, Milton Shumba.