2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup

2017 Under-19 Asia Cup

Dates	10 – 19 November 2017
Administrator	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	50-over
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin, playoffs
Host	Malaysia
Champions	Afghanistan (1st Title)
Runners-up	Pakistan
Participants	8
Matches	15
Player of the series	Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Most runs	Mohammad Taha (250)
Most wickets	Mujeeb Ur Rahman (20)
Official website	http://www.asiancricket.org
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The 2017 Under-19 Asia Cup was the 6th edition of ACC Under-19 Cup. The cricket tournament was held in Malaysia from 10 to 19 November 2017.^[1] It was originally scheduled to be held in India, but it was moved after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) refused to travel to India.^[2]

Teams

No.	Teams	Qualification method
1	India	ICC full member
2	Pakistan
3	Bangladesh
4	Sri Lanka
5	Afghanistan
6	Malaysia	Host
7	Nepal	Winner of 2017 ACC U19 Asia Cup Eastern Qualifiers
8	United Arab Emirates	Winner of 2017 ACC U19 Asia Cup Western Qualifiers

Squads

Afghanistan[3]	Bangladesh[4]	India[5]	Malaysia[6]
Naveen-ul-Haq (c) Imran Mohammadi Rehmanullah Gurbaz Darwish Rasooli Nisar Wahdat Ibrahim Zadran Mujeeb Zadran Yousuf Zazai Wafadar Mohammad Qais Ahmed Azmatullah Omarzai Ikram Ali Khil (w/k) Tariq Stanikzai Waqarullah Ishaq Abdul Wasi Noori	Saif Hassan (c) Afif Hossain (vc) Mahidul Islam Ankon (w/k) Mohammad Naim Pinak Ghosh Shakil Hossain (w/k) Towhid Hridoy Hasan Mahmud Nayeem Hasan Qazi Onik Robiul Haque Aminul Islam Shakhawat Hossain	Himanshu Rana (c) Abhishek Sharma (vc) Atharva Taide Manjot Kalra Salman Khan Anuj Rawat (w/k) Harvik Desai Riyan Parag Anukul Roy Shiva Singh Tanush Kotian Darshan Nalkande Vivekanand Tiwary Aditya Thakare Mandeep Singh	Virandeep Singh (c) Muhammad Amir Syed Aziz Haiqal Khair Mohammad Arief Muhammad Hafiz Muhammad Irfaq Shaunvinder Singh Vishvaruben Wan Amirul
Nepal[7]	Pakistan[8]	Sri Lanka[9]	United Arab Emirates[10]
Dipendra Singh Airee(c) Sandeep Lamichhane Aasif Sheikh Anil Sah Sandeep Sunar Rohit Paudel Kishore Mahato Pranit Thapa Magar Shahab Alam Kamal Singh Airee Prakash KC Jitendra Singh Thakuri Bhim Sharki Rashid Khan	Hasan Khan (c) Muhammad Mohsin Khan Umair Yousaf Zaid Alam Haider Ali Rohail Nazir (w/k) Abdullah Shafique Muhammad Hammad Khan Muhammad Taha Saad Khan Ashar Qureshi Musa Khan Shaheen Afridi Muhammad Ali Munir Riaz	Kamindu Mendis(c) Jehan Daniel Krishan Sanjula Ashen Bandara Hasitha Boyagoda Thisaru Rashmika Dilshan Praveen Jayawickrama Nipu Ransika Dhananjaya Lakshan Nishan Madushanka Perera Nuwanidu Fernando Nipun Dhananjaya Randeer Ranasinghe Kalana Perera Kevin Koththigoda	Fahad Nawaz (c) Syed Haider (w/k) Aryan Lakra Brandon Adam Hrithik Ansh Kartik Palaniappan Niel Lobo Monish Lakhani Muhammad Ali Rahul Neelesh Shah Faisal Khan Marlon Malcom Singh

Group stage

Pool A

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Pts
Bangladesh	3	3	0	0	0	+2.377	6
Nepal	3	2	1	0	0	+0.889	4
India	3	1	2	0	0	+1.257	2
Malaysia	3	0	3	0	0	-4.757	0

Matches

10 November 2017 Scorecard

India  310/7 (50 overs)

v

Malaysia 108 (37.1 overs)

India won by 202 runs Kinrara Academy Oval

11 November 2017 Scorecard

Nepal    167/6 (40.1 overs)

v

Bangladesh 181/8 (39.5 overs)

Bangladesh won by 2 wickets (D/L method) Kinrara Academy Oval

12 November 2017 Scorecard

Nepal    185/8 (50 overs)

v

India 166 (48.1 overs)

Nepal won by 19 runs Bayuemas Oval

13 November 2017 Scorecard

Bangladesh  335/6(50 overs)

v

Malaysia 73 (26 overs)

Bangladesh won by 262 runs Bayuemas Oval

14 November 2017 Scorecard

Malaysia  45 (15.3 overs)

v

Nepal 48/2 (5.2 overs)

Nepal won by 8 wickets Bayuemas Oval

14 November 2017 Scorecard

India  187/8 (32 overs)

v

Bangladesh 191/2 (28.0 overs)

Bangladesh won by 8 wickets (D/L method) Royal Selangor Club

Pool B

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Pts
Afghanistan	3	2	1	0	0	+2.853	4
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	0	+1.240	4
Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	0	+0.988	4
United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	0	0	-4.964	0

Matches

10 November 2017 Scorecard

Pakistan  57 (20 overs)

v

Afghanistan 62/3 (9.1 overs)

Afghanistan won by 7 wickets Bayuemas Oval

10 November 2017 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates  66 (22 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 68/3 (16 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Royal Selangor Club

11 November 2017 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  196/8 (42 overs)

v

Afghanistan 135 (33.5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 61 Runs Bayuemas Oval

12 November 2017 Scorecard

Pakistan  299 (47.1 overs)

v

United Arab Emirates 73 (26 overs)

Pakistan won by 226 Runs Royal Selangor Club

13 November 2017 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  141 (49.4 overs)

v

Pakistan 142/7 (32.1 overs)

Pakistan won by 3 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval

14 November 2017 Scorecard

Afghanistan  224/3 (20 overs)

v

United Arab Emirates 90/9 (20 overs)

Afghanistan won by 134 runs Kinrara Academy Oval

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Bangladesh	274/6 (50)
	B2	Pakistan	199/5 (39)
						B2	Pakistan	63 (22.1)
						B1	Afghanistan	248/7 (50)
	B1	Afghanistan	108/3 (20.3)
	A2	Nepal	103 (28)

Semi-finals

16 November 2017 Semi-final 1 Scorecard

Bangladesh  274/6 (50 overs)

v

Pakistan 199/5 (39 overs)

Pakistan won by 2 run (D/L method) Kinrara Academy Oval

17 November 2017 Semi-final 2 Scorecard

Nepal    103 (28 overs)

v

Afghanistan 108/3 (20.3 overs)

Afghanistan won by 7 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval

Final

19 November 2017 Scorecard

Afghanistan 248/7 (50 overs)

v

Pakistan  63 (22.1 overs)

Afghanistan won by 185 runs Kinrara Academy Oval

Statistics

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player	Team	Overs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	SR	BBI
Mujeeb Zadran	Afghanistan	40.1	20	5.55	2.76	12.05	6/23
Praveen Jayawickrama	Sri Lanka	18.5	11	5.27	3.07	10.27	5/17
Sandeep Lamichhane	Nepal	28.3	9	10.55	3.33	19	5/8
Mohammad Musa	Pakistan	32.0	9	13.22	3.71	21.33	3/11
Munir Riaz	Pakistan	32.0	8	17.37	4.34	24	3/30

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Mohammad Taha	Pakistan	250	5	50	94	0	2
Pinak Ghosh	Bangladesh	199	4	66.33	82	0	2
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Afghanistan	194	5	38.8	71	0	2
Darwish Rasool	Afghanistan	191	5	95.5	105*	1	1
Towhid Hridoy	Bangladesh	179	4	62.67	120	1	0

Source: ACC

Final standings

Pos.	Team
1	Afghanistan
2	Pakistan
3	Bangladesh
4	Nepal
5	India
6	Sri Lanka
7	Malaysia
8	United Arab Emirates

References

1. "Under-19 Asia Cup moved out of India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
2. "Pakistan Cricket Board has its way, U-19 Asia Cup shifted from Bengaluru to Kuala Lumpur". DNA India. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
3. "AFGHANISTAN U-19 TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR YOUTH ASIA CUP 2017". www.cricket.af. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
4. "Bangladesh U-19 Team for Asia cup 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
5. "India Under-19s Squad - ACC U19 Asia Cup, 2017 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
6. "Malaysia U-19 Squad for Asia cup 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
7. "Nepal to play ACC U-19 Youth Asia Cup in Malaysia". 7 November 2017.
8. "Pakistan U19 Team for ACC Youth U19 Asia Cup in Malaysia". Pakistan Cricket Board. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
9. "Sri Lanka U-19 Squad for Asia cup 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
10. "UAE U-19 Squad for Asia cup 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo