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An Oz opener for Indian colts
Three-time champions India and Australia are set to clash in their tournament-opener of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup scheduled to be held from January 13 to February 3 next year.
Dubai: Three-time champions India and Australia are set to clash in their tournament-opener of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup scheduled to be held from January 13 to February 3 next year.
India and Australia are clubbed together in Group B along with Zimbabwe and East Asia Pacific qualifier Papua New Guinea, an ICC release read on Wednesday.
Defending champions West Indies will play hosts New Zealand on the opening day of 16-team tournament in the inaugural Group A day-night fixture at Bay Oval, featuring 16 teams across seven venues in four cities: Christchurch, Queenstown, Tauranga and Whangarei.
The other teams in Group A are 2012 champions South Africa and Africa qualifiers Kenya.The 10 Test playing nations (prior to Afghanistan and Ireland's recent inclusion) gained automatic qualification to the event along with the best finishing associate from the last edition, Namibia.
They are joined by five regional qualifiers in the biennial tournament that showcases future stars every two years.
Bangladesh, Canada, England and Namibia comprise Group C while two-time champion Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Asia qualifier Afghanistan and Europe qualifier Ireland form Group D in what is the 11th edition of the tournament and the third to be held in New Zealand.
The top two sides from each group will advance to the Super League while the remaining eight teams will figure in the plate championship.
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the Super League will be among the 20 matches to be broadcast live. The final will be played at Bay Oval on February 3 while both semi-finals will be played at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on January 29 and 30.
The plate tournament will run simultaneously but end with the final at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Christchurch on 28 January.
The captains of the teams coming through the Qualifiers are looking forward to the tournament, which is a stepping stone in the development of all participants -- players and match officials. Afghanistan captain Naveen-ul-Haq said: "The aim is the same as that of any cricketing nation -- this dream of winning the World Cup.
"For us it is also the same, to go out there and play some positive cricket and lift the trophy for the country."Canada captain Abraash Khan said: "We have the skill and the strong mental belief that we can upset any full-member nation on a given day.
"As any other team, we set ourselves on the goal of hopefully winning the World Cup and proving that Canada is another up and coming massive cricketing nation."
