The fourth Group A game of U-19 Asia Cup will be played between Afghanistan Youth and Kuwait Youth at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Saturday morning.
Afghanistan started their season with an impressive win against Pakistan by 85 runs and now would be willing to stick to the current momentum.
On the other hand, Kuwait must discover their winning combination to raise their chances of moving ahead in the tournament. They would keep their errors aside when they meet Afghanistan in their second clash of the tournament.
The match is set to begin at 9:30 AM IST.
AF-Y vs KUW-Y, Group A, U-19 Asia Cup 2019
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Total Played- 03
Afghanistan U19 won- 03
Kuwait U19- 00
It’s a decent batting track. 270-280 will be a winning total. Spinners might get help in the second-half.
Average Score – 235
Chasing side record – Won 50 Lost 71
AF-Y Squad
Farhan Zakhil (c), Mohammad Ishaq (wk), Samiullah, Sediqullah Atal, Fazal Haq, Jamshid Khan, Shafiqullah Ghafari, Ahmad Zahir, Abdul Rahman, Abidullah Taniwal, Nangyal Khan, Islam Zazai, Asif Musazai, Rahmanullah, Noor Ahmad, Nangeyalia kharote.
KUW-Y Squad
Abdul Sadiq (c), Abdullah Zaheer, A Sanjeev Nair, Faez Qureshi, Gokul Kumar, Meet Bhavsar (wk), Ahmed Majed, Umer Abdullah, Zeeshan Jilani, Govind Kumar, Saem Mohammad, Anas Ashfaq, Jandu Hamoud, Abdul Rehman, Aamir Ali, Muhammad Usman.
Afghanistan Youth:
Farhan Zakhil (c), Shafiqullah Ghafari, Mohammad Ishaq (wk), Abidullah Taniwal, Jamshid Khan, Asif Musazai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazal Haq, Rahmanullah, Noor Ahmad, Nangeyalia Kharote.
Kuwait Youth:
Abdul Sadiq (c), Meet Bhavsar (wk), Govind Kumar, Gokul Kumar/Mohd Bastaki, Abdul Rehman, Umer Abdullah, Aamir Ali, Abdullah Zaheer, A Sanjeev Nair, Faez Qureshi, Muhammad Usman.
Key Player from Afghanistan Youth:
Skipper Farhan Zakhail scored 3 centuries in first-class. He scored a half-century in his debut series in India.
Shafiq Ghafari picked 7 wickets in last 4 Youth ODIs with one 4-wickets haul against India playing quadrangular series.
Key Players from Kuwait Youth:
Meet Bhavsar was the top-performer for Kuwait. He scored 161 runs in 5 innings at an average of 32.20.
Abdul Sadiq being the top wicket-taker of World Cup qualifier, he picked 11 wickets in 5 innings at an economy of 4.48. He picked two 4-wickets hauls.