Pakistan vs England Under 19 World Cup 2026 Today Match Live Cricket Score: Pakistan have won the toss and chosen to bowl first in their opening game of the ICC Under-19 ODI World Cup 2026 against England at the Takashinga Sports Club in Harare. Pakistan come into the tournament as the reigning Asian champions and will be looking to get their campaign off to a strong start.
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Pakistan won the U19 Asia Cup last month with a dominant 191-run win over India in the final. They are placed in Group C alongside England, Scotland and Zimbabwe. A total of 16 teams are divided into groups of four. The teams that finish in the top three of each group will qualify to two groups of Super Six. The top two teams from each of the Super Six groups will qualify for the semifinals, before the winner of each game will play the summit clash. Australia U-19 are the defending Youth World Champions, having beaten India Colts in the final in 2024.
PAK vs ENG U19 World Cup Squads
Pakistan: Sameer Minhas, Mohammad Shayan(w), Usman Khan, Ahmed Hussain, Farhan Yousaf(c), Huzaifa Ahsan, Hamza Zahoor, Ali Raza, Mohammad Sayyam, Niqab Shafiq, Abdul Subhan, Umar Zaib, Momin Qamar, Ali Hassan Baloch, Daniyal Ali Khan.
England: Ben Dawkins, Joseph Moores, Ben Mayes, Thomas Rew(w/c), Caleb Falconer, Farhan Ahmed, Ali Farooq, Alex French, Manny Lumsden, Luke Hands, Ralphie Albert, Isaac Mohammed, James Minto, Alex Green, Sebastian Morgan.
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Vaibhav, the 14-year-old touted to be the starriest of the stars in the tournament, departed for two, disappointing the scattered crowd. (File)
A sweetly-stroked six over long-on from Abhigyan Kundu winked in a largely stress-free victory for India over minnows USA. But for a brief stutter after the long rain break, where they lost wickets in clusters, the record champions were clinical in grabbing full points from the opening game. The chief protagonist was medium pacer Henil Patel, who displayed craft and cunning, besides maturity beyond his age to slap a five-wicket haul, but the support act of Kundu wins the plaudits too.