{"id":12459,"date":"2019-10-24T14:36:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T09:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/10\/u-19-world-cup-to-open-with-hosts-south-africa-facing-afghanistan-on-january-17\/"},"modified":"2019-10-24T14:36:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T09:36:03","slug":"u-19-world-cup-to-open-with-hosts-south-africa-facing-afghanistan-on-january-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/2019\/10\/24\/u-19-world-cup-to-open-with-hosts-south-africa-facing-afghanistan-on-january-17\/","title":{"rendered":"U-19 World Cup to open with hosts South Africa facing Afghanistan on January 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Host South Africa will start the 2020 U-19 World Cup against Afghanistan in Kimberley on January 17. ICC announced its 16-team tournament schedule for 24 days at 8 stadiums on Thursday. In addition to Kimberly, the game will be played with games scheduled for February 9 in Benoni, Bloom Fontaine and Potchefstroom.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa, along with Afghanistan, has Group UAE and Canada. Defensive champion India is in Group A and is with New Zealand, Sri Lanka and first qualifying Japan. The 2018 edition of Australia paired with the UK, the West Indies and another first team from Group B Nigeria, while Group C sees Pakistan joining Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Scotland. In each group, the bottom two teams will fight in the plate tournament and the top two teams will advance to the Super League stage.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\"><cite>ESPNcricinfo Ltd<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Potchefstroom&#39;s JP Marks Oval hosts both semifinals and finals. There is also a warm-up game scheduled for January 12-15 in Johannesburg and Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p>Japan and Nigeria entered the tournament after emerging as champions of the East Asia Pacific and Africa region. The other three regional qualifiers are Canada (United States), UAE (Asia), and Scotland (Europe). With four titles, India won the most in the U-19 World Cup. Australia won 3 times, Pakistan 2 times, and the United Kingdom, West Indies and South Africa once.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>        .<\/p>\n<p>Source Link : http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/ci\/content\/story\/1204645.html?CMP=OTC-RSS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Host South Africa will start the 2020 U-19 World Cup against Afghanistan in Kimberley on January 17. ICC announced its 16-team tournament schedule for 24 days at 8 stadiums on Thursday. In addition to Kimberly, the game will be played with games scheduled for February 9 in Benoni, Bloom Fontaine and Potchefstroom. 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