Photo Credit: Emirates Cricket Board
Emirates Cricket Board has today announced the team that will compete in the upcoming Asian Cricket Council U19 Asia Cup.
“Emirates Cricket is delighted to welcome the very best of highly motivated U19-age group from across Asia and to hosting the Asian Cricket Council U19 Asia Cup.” said Dr. Tayeb Kamali, Selection Committee Chairman, Emirates Cricket. “This UAE U19 team is an exciting group of young talent, one that our performance team has been focused on developing, from selection, training through to match-exposure at a higher Domestic and International level. We are confident in their abilities and we eagerly await their performance against some of the best sides in Asia.” “We wish them all a successful and rewarding campaign.”
Commencing Thursday December 23rd the U19 Asia Cup matches will be played at the ICC Academy grounds in Dubai and at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium (UAE), with the final to be played at the Dubai International Stadium on Friday December 31st.
All UAE matches will be played at the ICC Academy, Dubai;
v India U19 Thursday December 23rd 09:30
v Afghanistan U19 Saturday December 25th 09:30
v Pakistan U19 Monday December 27th 09:30
Representing the UAE in the U19 Asia Cup is;
Alishan Sharafu (C)
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
Reserves;
Hassan Khalid
Annant Bhargava
Muhammad Zuhaib
Hamad Mohammed Arshad
More Information about the Asian Cricket Council U19 Asia Cup can be found here.
Name of Author: Emirates Cricket Board
The Emirates Cricket Board is the governing body for cricket in the United Arab Emirates. An Associate Member of the International Cricket Council since 1990, it represents the UAE at the ICC and is also a member of the Asian Cricket Council.
