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Pakistan U-19 are favorites to win
Pakistan U-19 will take on Afghanistan U-19 at Buffalo Park, East London in Match 5 of the 2024 Under-19 World Cup. This match gets underway at 09:45 local time on Saturday 20th January, 2023.
Buffalo Park is famed for producing pitches which offer a little bit more for the bowlers than others in South Africa. A par score is likely to be around 250.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Pakistan vs Afghanistan, U19 World Cup 2024
After reaching the quarter finals and going on to finish in fifth place, Pakistan U-19s will be looking to get off to a winning start as they attempt to reach at least the semi-final this time. Keeper-batter Saad Baig, who is part of Karachi Kings, will be the skipper.
Captain Baig ended last year in strong form with half-centuries against India U-19s and UAE U-19s during December, Although he is yet to go past 50 since arriving in South Africa, he has made 53 runs from two innings and he will be the wicket that Afghanistan U-19s are desperate to take early in this game.
In Wednesday’s warm-up defeat against England U-19s, some of Pakistan U-19’s bowlers did not have a strong day but Naveed Ahmed Khan and Mohammad Zeeshan stood out. Ubaid Shah is a bowler who plenty expect to see have a good tournament.
Pakistan U-19s hit 211/8 before a no-result against South Africa U-19s and then lost to England U-19s in their two warm-up matches.
Saad Baig (c) (wk), Ali Asfand, Riaz Ullah, Shahzaib Khan, Shamyl Hussain, Arafat Minhas, Ali Raza, Haroon Arshad, Mohammad Zeeshan, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Ubaid Shah
Only a narrow semi-final defeat by 2 wickets stopped Afghanistan U-19’s having a fairytale tournament in the Caribbean two years ago. With their senior team making great progress as well, they could be a team to watch in South Africa.
The talent in the batting line-up for Afghanistan U-19s is not in question but they do seem to have a habit of throwing their wicket’s away when well set. Captain Numan Shah, Sohail Khan Zurmati and Rahimullah Zurmati will all be crucial players in this game.
In the recent tri-nation loss to hosts South Africa U-19s, it was 16 year old right-arm off-spinner AM Ghazanfar who caught the eye. He is likely to toss the ball up in this game and will not be afraid of being hit for runs. Bashir Ahmad is another bowler in strong form.
Afghanistan U-19’s won only one of their four games in the Tri-nation series at the end of December and early January.
Wafiullah Tarakhil, Hassan Eisakhil, Numan Shah (c) (wk), Rahimullah Zurmati, Sohail Khan Zurmati, Jamshid Zadran, Nasir Hassan, AM Ghazanfar, Bashir Ahmad, Khalil Ahmed, Faridoon Dawoodzai
This should be an excellent contest between two very well matched sides. Although Afghanistan U-19s went further in the tournament two years ago, Pakistan U-19s have won the last four head to heads. We are predicting a close match with Pakistan U-19s getting the win.
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