In the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup, Pakistan U-19 team will face Zimbabwe U-19 in their final group stage match today.
The match will be played at the Takashinga Sports Club in Harare, where the Pakistan team is determined to end the group stage with a win.
It is worth mentioning that Pakistan’s U-19 team, the Asian champion, is a part of Group C, which lost by 36 runs against England in its first group match and won against Scotland by 6 wickets in the next match.
The Farhan Yusif-led Pakistan team recently defeated the host team by 9 wickets in the final of the tri-series played in Zimbabwe, so the national team hopes to repeat the good performance in the match against Zimbabwe.
The first ball of today’s match will be thrown at 09:30 local time. In Pakistan, the match will be telecast live on Jio Super and live streaming will also be available on MyCooper.
According to the World Cup format, 16 teams are divided into four groups, with the top three teams from each group advancing to the Super Six stage. The top three teams from Group ‘C’ will participate in Group ‘B’ matches in the Super Six.
Pakistan currently occupy the second position (C2) in Group C and are likely to face Group B’s third-placed team at Harare Sports Club on January 27 and Group B’s top team at Queen’s Sports Club in Bulawayo on February 1 in the Super Six round.
After the Super Six stage, the top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals, which will be played on February 3 and 4, while the final of the tournament will be held on February 6 at the Harare Sports Club.
Before the match, the Pakistan U-19 team participated in an intensive training session at the Old Hararians Ground under the supervision of the coaching staff, Head Coach Shahid Anwar. During this session, which lasted more than 2 hours, the players and goalkeepers practiced the net and also practiced on the field.
