Pakistan Under-19 cricket team

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Pakistan U-19 cricket team
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Captain: Babar Azam
Coach: Sabih Azhar
Owner: Pakistan Cricket Board
Founded:
Home ground: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Manager: Haroon Rasheed
First-class debut: India
in 1979
at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay

Pakistan Under-19 cricket team are twice (2004 and 2006) Cricket World Champions at the under-19 level. Their second win made them the first and to date (February 2011) only back to back champions. They recently played U-19 Cricket World Cup and finished at 8th place.

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U-19 World Cup Record [edit]

Year Venue Round
1988  Australia Runners Up
1998  South Africa 8th Place
2000  Sri Lanka Semi Finals
2002  New Zealand 5th Place
2004  Bangladesh Champions
2006  Sri Lanka Champions
2008  Malaysia Semi Finals
2010  New Zealand Runners Up
2012  Australia 8th Place

2004 [edit]

They won the 2004 U/19 Cricket World Cup by defeating the West Indies Under-19 cricket team in the final in Dhaka in Bangladesh, Pakistan have won first Under-19 World Cup after beating West Indies Under-19 cricket team in a tight finish in Dhaka, Pakistan Won by 25 runs.

2006 [edit]

They won the 2006 U/19 Cricket World Cup by defeating the Indian Under-19 cricket team in the final in Colombo in Sri Lanka, when they successfully defended a low total of 109 runs by dismissing the Indian batting lineup for 71 runs even though several players such as Ahmed Sajjad and Mohammad Ali Arfan were sidelined due to injuries.

2012 [edit]

They won the U/19 Asia Cup 2012 after tie with Indian Under-19 cricket team in the final in Kinrara Oval in Malaysia, the trophy was shared by the both team when India defended a total of 282/9 runs India team make 282/8

Current Squad [edit]

 Pakistan [edit]

Player Date of Birth Batting Bowling style
Babar Azam (c) (1994-10-15)15 October 1994 (aged 17) Right Right-arm Offbreak
Umar Waheed (vc) (1994-04-26)26 April 1994 (aged 18) Right None
Azizullah (1993-09-11)11 September 1993 (aged 18) Right Right-arm Fast
Ehsan Adil (1993-03-15)15 March 1993 (aged 19) Right Right-arm Fast
Faraz Ali (1993-04-25)25 April 1993 (aged 19) Right Right-arm Offbreak
Imam-ul-Haq (1995-12-12)12 December 1995 (aged 16) Left None
Mir Hamza (1992-09-10)10 September 1992 (aged 19) Left Left-arm Medium
Mohammad Nawaz (1993-03-08)08 March 1993 (aged 19) Left Slow Left-arm Orthodox
Saad Ali (1993-10-05)05 October 1993 (aged 18) Left Right-arm Medium
Salman Afridi (wk) Template:Birth date and age17 Right None
Sami Aslam (1995-12-12)12 December 1995 (aged 16) Left Right-arm Medium
Shahid Ilyas (1992-09-25)25 September 1992 (aged 19) Right Right-arm Medium
Usman Qadir (1993-08-10)10 August 1993 (aged 19) Right Right-arm Legbreak
Zafar Gohar (1995-01-02)02 January 1995 (aged 17) Left Slow Left-arm Orthodox
Zia-ul-Haq (1994-12-11)11 December 1994 (aged 17) Left Left-arm Fast-Medium

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