ACC U-19 Asia Cup 2013: Nepal to face Pakistan in their First Match

ACC has announced the Fixture of ACC U-19 Asia Cup that is scheduled from 28 December 2013 to 4 January 2014.Nepal is placed in Tough Group along with India, Pakistan and UAE.  While in Group B two test Playing nations Srilanka and Bangladesh along with Afghanistan and Malaysia will try to reach the Final.

    Nepal will play against Pakistan U-19 Team in ICC GCA 1 Ground in 28 December while in next match Nepal will face india in the same Ground on 29 december. In their Last League Match Nepal will play against UAE at Sharjah Cricket Stadium Semifinal of the Tournament will be played between the winner of Group A and Group B on ICC GCA Cricket Ground and Sharjah Cricket Stadium on 2nd Januray. While Final will be played on Januray four on Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Complete schedule and Fixture of the Tournament is given Below

Venue	:	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, ICC GCA 1, Abu Dhabi Oval 1, Abu Dhabi Oval 2, Dubai International Stadium, Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, UAE
Dates	:	28th December 2013 - 4th January 2014

GROUP A		GROUP B
India		Bangladesh
Pakistan		Sri Lanka
Nepal		Afghanistan
UAE		Malaysia

Match Schedule
28 Dec Sat	India v UAE at Sharjah Cricket Stadium Pakistan v Nepal at ICC GCA 1 Bangladesh v Malaysia at Abu Dhabi Oval 1 Sri Lanka v Afghanistan at Abu Dhabi Oval 2
29 Dec Sun	India v Nepal at ICC GCA 1 Pakistan v UAE at Sharjah Cricket Stadium Bangladesh v Afghanistan at Abu Dhabi Oval 1 Sri Lanka v Malaysia at Abu Dhabi Oval 2
31 Dec Tue	India v Pakistan at Dubai International Stadium Nepal v UAE at Sharjah Cricket Stadium Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Afghanistan v Malaysia at Abu Dhabi Oval 1
2 Jan Thu	SF1: 1A v 2B at Sharjah Cricket Stadium SF2: 1B v 2A at ICC GCA 1
4 Jan Sat	Finals: Winners SF1 v Winners SF2 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium

ACC Under-19 Asia Cup in December

Asian Cricket Council is all set to organize U-19 Asia Cup in December. ACC has forwarded proposed date of 26th December for kick off of the Tournament. 8 Team will play in the highly coveted tournament especially for the top 4 Asian Non Test Playing Asian Teams when as they take on the U-19 sides of asian cricketing giants-India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh for the title. The fixtures of the tournament are yet to be finalized.

  Nepali Cricket Team qualified for the tournament despite Nepal’s worst show in the tournament history, finishing fourth in the recently organized ACC U-19 Elite Cup in Malaysia. Afghanistan, UAE and Malaysia are the other 3 teams of the tournament. Afghanistan won the title defeating UAE in the finals while Malaysia beat Nepal for the place in the podium. Afghanistan(and UAE) also qualified for the U-19 Word Cup The poor show of U-19 team in the ACC Elite Cup meant Nepal could not play the U-19 World Cup in 2014.This tournament was not however ACC 2013 calendar and had to be adjusted in order to manage other dates.

With the success of senior team the U-19 side has been absolutely neglected in recent times. CAN has been busy preparing for the two world cup qualifiers.When even the preparation for World Cup Qualifiers is under scrutiny it will be interesting to see how CAN prepares the U-19 team for the Asia Cup.

ACC U-19 Elite Cup 2013 third place play off: Live score update of Nepal U-19 Vs Malaysia U-19

Dear readers after losing against UAE in semifinal Nepal will once again facing Malaysia U-19 in third place Play off . Malaysia was defeated by Afghanistan in ACC U-19 Elite Cup 2013. Nepal chance to qualify for ICC U-19 World Cup has been shattered as Afghanistan and UAE will now qualify for the ICC U-19 Elite Cup 2014 to be held in UAE. UAE had already qualified for ICC U-19 World Cup 2013.  Dear readers we are as usual presenting live score update of Nepal U-19 Vs Malaysia U-19.

Match Details

ACC U-19 Elite Cup 2013

Third place play –off Nepal U-19 Vs Malaysia U-19

Date: 11^th May 2013

Time: 07:15 NST, 01:30 GMT

Venue:  Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur

ACC U-19 Elite Cup 2013 Malaysia: Points Table of ACC U-19 Elite cup

ACC Elite Cup 2013 that has been now taking place in Malaysia is also the Qualification of the ICC U-19 World cup.  Ten non test playing  Nations Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Hong Kong, UAE, Nepal, Malaysia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain are taking place in the Tournament. Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Hong Kong & UAE have been placed in Group A. while Nepal, Malaysia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain have been placed in Group B. Here your favorite sports portal from Nepal is bringing you the Live update of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup and Points table. Points table will be updated as soon as the Match is over. Hope you all will stay with us for more exclusive update of the Tournament.

Points Table

Group A

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR
Afghan U19	4	4	0	0	0	8	+4.270
UAE U19	4	3	1	0	0	6	+1.309
S Arabia U19	4	2	2	0	0	4	-0.274
HK U19	4	1	3	0	0	2	-0.033
Thailand U19	4	0	4	0	0	0	-5.443

Group B

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR
Nepal U19	4	4	0	0	0	8	+2.876
Malaysia U19	4	3	1	0	0	6	+1.237
Kuwait U19	4	2	2	0	0	4	+0.705
Bahrain Under-19s	4	1	3	0	0	2	-1.862
Qatar U19	4	0	4	0	0	0	-3.066

ACC U-19 Elite Cup 2013: Nepal U-19 Team Leaves for Malaysia

Four-time champions Nepal will be looking to add another title when they begin their campaign at the ACC U-19 Elite Cup, beginning on Friday in Malaysia. Prior to their departure, the team received fare-well amid fare-well program organised at the premises of National Sports Council. On the occasion, member-secretary of NSC bade fare-well to the team in presence of members of Cricket Association of Nepal. 

 Nepal, who won the biennial tournament four times on a trot from 2001-2007, will not find it easy, but coach Tamata said his boys are ready for the task. “Unlike in the previous event, this is an average team with lots of newcomers. But they are mentally and physically fit to beat any side in the tournament,” Tamata said, indicating that rival teams too are full of new faces. 
    Nepal missed out on winning the trophy in the last two editions, going down to Afghanistan on both occasions, in the semi-finals in 2009 and in the final in 2011. So except for the 2010 edition, they have been a regular at the ICC U-19 World Cup since 2000. With UAE already taking up one of the two available slots as the 2014 U-19 World Cup hosts, Nepal need to win the tournament in Malaysia to secure the other place. 

“We understand winning the trophy will be tough but we are ready to battle for it,” said team captain Bhuban Karki, who will spearhead Nepal’s attack with spin. Within form Avinash Karn leading the pace attack Nepal appear pretty formidable in bowling department, the team’s batting was the only concern. But having undergone a rigorous 25-day training, Tamata believes his batsmen have shaped up well and will overcome that worry. 
“My batsmen are capable of putting up 180-200 runs on the board and that I guess should be enough for the U-19 level,” said Tamata, who also guided Nepal to the ICC U-19 World Cup last year. “We are prepared for the challenge and I am pretty sure of translating our potential into the desired result.” 

Get the more details of the Tournament Clicking here at

Nepalese Squad: Bhuwan Karki(C) Abhinash Karn(VC), Ram Naresh Giri, Nischal Pandey, Rahul Pratap Singh, Irshad Ahmed, Amit Shrestha, Sushan Bhari, Bibhastu Shrestha, Pawan Shrestha, Nirmal Thapa, Yagyaman Kumal, Prem Tamang and Hari Shanker Shah. Jagat Tamata is the coach of the team.