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Pakistan’s under 19 cricket team will play against Bangladesh under 19 in April and May.
As per reports, the series includes four ODI matches, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed this week.
The PCB said in their statement that,
“The tour has been arranged to provide further exposure to country’s future cricket stars and to help them prepare for next year’s ICC U19 Cricket World Cup (CWC) in the West Indies.”
Pakistan’s under 19 head coach and former player Ejaz Ahmed said, playing against Bangladesh, who won the ICC U-19 CWC last year, will be a “wonderful grooming opportunity” for the players against “one of the most formidable U19 sides at present.”
He further added to his statement that,
“The tour will be a challenging one for us and one that will hold these players in good stead in this developmental stage of their careers. The series will also help us identify the potential players that we will field in next year’s World Cup in the West Indies.”
Tour schedule:
19-22 April – Four-day match; SICS, Sylhet
26 April – 1st 50-over match; SICS, Sylhet
28 April – 2nd 50-over match; SICS, Sylhet
30 April – 3rd 50-over match; SICS, Sylhet
3 May – 4th 50-over match; SBNCS, Dhaka
5 May – 5th 50-over match; SBNCS, Dhaka
Pakistan U-19 squad:
Abbas Ali, Abdul Faseeh, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Fahad Munir, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Irfan Niazi, Mohammad Shehzad, Qasim Akram, and Rizwan Mehmood, Haseebullah, Raza-ul-Mustafa, Aaliyan Mehmood, Ali Asfand, Arham Nawab, Faisal Akram, Ahmed Khan, Asim Ali, Muneeb Wasif, Tahir Hussain, Zeeshan Zameer.
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