[caption id="attachment_674644" align="alignnone" width="628"]<img class="size-full wp-image-674644" alt="The ICC U19 World Cup trophy on display during the ICC Under19 Cricket World Cup New Zealand 2018 official event launch at Basin AFP" src="https://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/icc-u19-.jpg" width="628" height="355" /> The ICC U19 World Cup trophy on display during the ICC Under19 Cricket World Cup New Zealand 2018 official event launch at Basin AFP[/caption] <p></p> <p></p>One of the most anticipated cricket tournaments, ICC Under-19 World Cup 2018 hosted by New Zealand will start on January 13 and go on till February 3, 2018. <p></p> <p></p>The 12th edition of the event will be played in 8 venues across New Zealand The venues are as follows Hagley Oval, Rangiora Oval, Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln No. 3, John Davies Oval, Bay Oval and Cobham Oval. The 16 participating nations have been divided into four groups Pool A, Pool B, Pool C and Pool D. <p></p> <p></p><b>Pool A</b>: Kenya, New Zealand (hosts), South Africa and West Indies <p></p> <p></p><b>Pool B</b>: Australia, <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/teams/India">India</a>, Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe <p></p> <p></p><b>Pool C</b>: Bangladesh, Canada, England and Namibia <p></p> <p></p><b>Pool D</b>: Afghanistan, Ireland, Pakistan and Sri Lanka <p></p> <p></p>The 48-match tournament will see defending champion, West Indies take on hosts New Zealand in the inaugural match at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui. <p></p> <p></p>India enters the competition on January 14, when they face Australia in Mount Maunganui. Prithvi Shaw will lead India, under the coach-ship of <a href="www.cricketcountry.com/players/rahul-dravid">Rahul Dravid</a>. Their second game will be against Papua New Guinea on January 16 and final against Zimbabwe on January 19. <p></p><table style="width: 660px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup> <col width="51" /> <col width="65" /> <col width="238" /> <col width="239" /> <col width="67" /> </colgroup> <p></p><tbody> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" width="51" height="20"><strong>DATE</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" width="65"><strong> </strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" width="238"><strong>MATCHES</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" width="239"><strong>VENUE</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" width="67"><strong>TIME (IST)</strong></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-13</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Pakistan vs Afghanistan</td> <p></p><td> Cobham Oval, Whangarei</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Zimbabwe vs Papua New Guinea</td> <p></p><td> Lincoln No 3, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Bangladesh vs Namibia</td> <p></p><td> Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> New Zealand vs West Indies</td> <p></p><td> Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">6.30 AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-14</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Sri Lanka vs Ireland</td> <p></p><td> Cobham Oval, Whangarei</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> South Africa vs Kenya</td> <p></p><td> Lincoln No 3, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td><strong> India vs Australia</strong></td> <p></p><td><strong> Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right"><strong>6:30 am</strong></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-15</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Bangladesh vs Canada</td> <p></p><td> Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> England vs Namibia</td> <p></p><td> Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-16</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Pakistan vs Ireland</td> <p></p><td> Cobham Oval, Whangarei</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td><strong> India vs Papua New Guinea</strong></td> <p></p><td><strong> Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right"><strong>6:30 am</strong></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-17</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan</td> <p></p><td> Cobham Oval, Whangarei</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Zimbabwe vs Australia</td> <p></p><td> Lincoln No 3, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> New Zealand vs Kenya</td> <p></p><td> Hagley Oval, Christchurch</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> West Indies vs South Africa</td> <p></p><td> Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui</td> <p></p><td>6:30AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-18</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Namibia vs Canada</td> <p></p><td> Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Bangladesh vs England</td> <p></p><td> Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-19</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Sri Lanka vs Pakistan</td> <p></p><td> Cobham Oval, Whangarei</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Australia vs Papua New Guinea</td> <p></p><td> Lincoln No 3, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td><strong> India vs Zimbabwe</strong></td> <p></p><td><strong> Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right"><strong>6:30 am</strong></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-20</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Afghanistan vs Ireland</td> <p></p><td> Cobham Oval, Whangarei</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> West Indies vs Kenya</td> <p></p><td> Lincoln No 3, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> England vs Canada</td> <p></p><td> Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> New Zealand vs South Africa</td> <p></p><td> Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">6:30AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-22</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Plate Quarter-Final 1 (C3 v B4)</td> <p></p><td> Lincoln No 3, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Plate Quarter Final 2 (B3 v C4)</td> <p></p><td> Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-23</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Super League Quarter-Final 1 (C1 v B2)</td> <p></p><td> Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Plate Quarter-Final 3 (D3 v A4)</td> <p></p><td> Lincoln No 3, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;">3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Plate Quarter-Final 4 (A3 v D4)</td> <p></p><td> Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-24</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Super League Quarter-Final 2 (D1 v A2)</td> <p></p><td> Hagley Oval, Christchurch</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-25</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Super League Quarter-Final 3 (A1 v D2)</td> <p></p><td> Hagley Oval, Christchurch</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Plate playoff Semi-Final 1</td> <p></p><td> Mainpower Oval, Rangiora</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Plate playoff Semi-Final 2</td> <p></p><td> Lincoln No 3, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Plate Semi-Final 1</td> <p></p><td> Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-26</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Super League Quarter-Final 4</td> <p></p><td> Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Plate Semi-Final 2</td> <p></p><td> Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-27</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Super League Playoff Semi-Final 1</td> <p></p><td> Hagley Oval, Christchurch</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> 15th Place Playoff</td> <p></p><td> Mainpower Oval, Rangiora</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> 13th Place Playoff</td> <p></p><td> Lincoln No 3, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-28</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Super League Playoff Semi-Final 2</td> <p></p><td> Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> 11th Place Playoff</td> <p></p><td> Mainpower Oval, Rangiora</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Plate Final</td> <p></p><td> Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-29</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Super League Semi-Final 1</td> <p></p><td> Hagley Oval, Christchurch</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-30</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> Super League Semi-Final 2</td> <p></p><td> Hagley Oval, Christchurch</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" height="20"></td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> 7th Place Playoff</td> <p></p><td> Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Jan-31</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> 5th Place Playoff</td> <p></p><td> Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Feb-01</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td> 3rd Place Playoff</td> <p></p><td> Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown</td> <p></p><td>3AM</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right" height="20">Feb-03</td> <p></p><td></td> <p></p><td><strong> Final</strong></td> <p></p><td><strong> Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: left;" align="right"><strong>6:30 am</strong></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p></tbody> <p></p></table> <p></p><b>Squads</b><strong>:</strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>India: </strong>Prithvi Shaw(c), Shubman Gill, Manjot Kalra, Himanshu Rana, Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Harvik Desai, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ishan Porel, Anukul Sudhakar Roy, Shiva Singh, Aryan Juyal, Arshdeep Singh, Pankaj Yadav <p></p> <p></p><strong>Kenya: </strong>Sachin Bhudia (c), Maxwell Ager, Abhishek Chidambaram, Aveet Desai, Jay Doshi, Aman Gandhi, Ankit Hirani, Jasraj Kundi, Jayant Mepani, Dennis Musyoka, Gerald Muthui, Thomas Ochieng, Sukhdeep Singh, Siddharth Vasudev, Rene Were <p></p> <p></p><strong>New Zealand: </strong>Kaylum Boshier (c), Finn Allen, Jakob Bhula, Max Chu, Katene Clarke, Matthew Fisher, Luke Georgeson, Ben Lockrose, Callum McLachlan, Felix Murray, Sandeep Patel, Dale Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Connor Sullivan Todd Watson <p></p> <p></p><strong>Pakistan:</strong> Hasan Khan (c), Muhammad Mohsin Khan, Muhammad Zaid Alam, Rohail Nazir, Mohammad Taha, Ali Zaryab, Saad Khan, Muhammad Musa, Shaheen Afridi, Munir Riaz, Suleman Shafqat, Ammad Alam, Arshad Iqbal, Imran Shah, Mohammad Ali Khan <p></p> <p></p><strong>South Africa: </strong>Raynard van Tonder (c), Matthew Breetzke, Jean du Plessis, Jason Niemand, Gerald Coetzee, Jade de Klerk, Fraser Jones, Wandile Makwetu, Jiveshan Pillay, Hermann Rolfes, Kenan Smith, Akhona Mnyaka, Andile Mokgakane, Kgaudise MolefeThando Ntini <p></p> <p></p><strong>Australia:</strong> Jason Sangha (c), Austin Waugh, Will Sutherland, Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Jack Edwards, Zak Evans, Jarrod Freeman, Ryan Hadley, Baxter J Holt, Nathan McSweeney, Jonathan Merlo, Lloyd Pope, Jason Ralston, Param Uppal <p></p> <p></p><strong>Sri Lanka: </strong>Kamindu Mendis (c), Jehan Daniel, Hasitha Boyagoda, Rashmika Dilshan, Krishan Arachchige, Kalana Perera, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Praveen Jayawickrama, Nuwanidu Fernando, Ashen Bandara, Nipun Malinga, Nipun Dananjaya, Nishan Madushka, Hareen Buddhila, Santhush Gunathilaka <p></p> <p></p><strong>England: </strong>Harry Brook (c), Ethan Bamber, Liam Banks, Tom Banton, Jack Davies, Adam Finch, Luke Hollman, Will Jacks, Tom Lammonby, Dillon Pennington, Savin Perera, Prem Sisodiya, Tom Scriven, Finlay Trenouth, Roman Walker <p></p> <p></p><strong>West Indies: </strong>Emmanuel Stewart (c), Kirstan Kallicharan, Ronaldo Alimohamed, Alick Athanaze, Cephas Cooper, Jarion Hoyte, Joshua Persaud, Jeavor Royal, Keagan Simmons, Bhaskar Yadram, Nyeem Young, Kimani Melius, Ashmead Nedd, Kian Pemberton, Raymond Perez <p></p> <p></p><strong>Zimbabwe: </strong>Liam Nicholas Roche (c), Gregory Dollar, Tanunurwa Makoni, Jayden Schadendorf, Milton Shumba, Alistair Frost, Dion Myers, Jonathan Connolly, Wesley Madhavere, Kieran Robinson, Robert Chimhinya, Tinashe Nenhunzi, Taun Harrison <p></p> <p></p><strong>Papua New Guinea: </strong>Vagi Karaho, James Tau, Daure Aiga, Heagi Toua, Ovia Sam, Sinaka Arua, Igo Mahuru, Nou Rarua, Leke Morea, Boge Arua, Kevau Tau, Simon Atai <p></p> <p></p><strong>Afghanistan: </strong>Naveen-ul-Haq (c), Rahmanullah, Mohammad Ibrahim, Darwish Rasooli, Nisar Wahdat, Tariq Stanikzai, Azmatullah, Qais Ahmad, Mujeeb Zadran, Zahir Khan, Yousuf Zazai, Wafadar, Ikram Faizi , Baheer Shah, Waqar Ishaqzai <p></p> <p></p><strong>Bangladesh:</strong> Pinak Ghosh, Mohammad Naim, Saif Hassan, Afif Hossain, Towhid Hridoy, Aminul Islam, Mohammad Rakib, Mahidul Islam Ankon, Shakil Hossain, Robiul Hoque, Nayeem Hasan, Qazi Onik, Roni Hossen, Hasan Mahmud, Tipu Sultan <p></p> <p></p><strong>Ireland: </strong>Harry Tom Tector (c), Ian Anders, Aaron Cawley, Varun Chopra, Mark Donegan, Jonathan Garth, Jamie Grassi, Reece Kelly, Graham Kennedy, Joshua Little, Sam Murphy, Max Neville, Neil Rock, Morgan Topping, Andrew Vincent <p></p> <p></p><strong>Namibia:</strong> Lohandre Louwrens (c), Henry Freddy Brink, Petrus Burger, Jan Izak de Villiers, Shaun Fouche, Jurgen Linde, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Martinus Lottering, Erich van Mollendorf, Dewald Nell, Mauritius Ngupita, Henry Olivier, Ben Shikongo, Floris Steenkamp, Ramon Wilmot, Eben van Wyk, Donovan Dominic Zealand <p></p> <p></p><strong>Canada:</strong> Arslan Khan (c), Akash Gill, Ashtan Deosammy, Arshdeep Dhaliwal, Faisal Jamkhandi, Rishiv Ragav Joshi, Emanuel David Khokhar, Kavian Naress, Aran Pathmanathan, Pieter Christiaan Pretorius, Krishen Denarkshn Samuel, Randhir Sandhu, Pranav Sharma, Rommel Shahzad, Kevin Singh
