Harare:The second semifinal between Afghanistan and India will take place at the Harare Sports Club in Harare today. The game is scheduled to begin at 1 PM IST, and the victor will play England in the final on Friday, February 6. In the first semifinal, which took place on Tuesday, February 3, England defeated Australia by 27 runs. In the interim, let's examine India and Afghanistan's head-to-head record in youth ODIs:
India and Afghanistan are playing each other for the first time since 2024 and have already faced off in 12 Youth ODI matches. Since they first faced Afghanistan in 2010, India has controlled the proceedings, winning ten games while Afghanistan has only won twice.
Afghanistan will be eager to break their seven-year losing streak, though, as they last defeated India at the U19 level (Youth ODIs) back in 2019. Afghanistan won the five-match rubber 3-2 in the bilateral series in 2019, which included India's two defeats at their hands.
India vs. Afghanistan: Head-to-head record in youth ODIsTwelve games were played.
India prevailed by a score of 10.
Afghanistan prevailed by a margin of 2.
The path to the semifinalsIn the current U19 World Cup, India, under the leadership of Ayush Mhatre, is undefeated. They have faced many challenges, and while their batting has struggled more frequently, they have always prevailed from difficult positions. Captain Mhatre and Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who haven't performed up to par thus far in the competition, will once again be the center of attention.
Afghanistan has only suffered one defeat thus far, against Sri Lanka, and is currently enjoying the most dominant run in their World Cup history. In 2018 and 2022, they participated in the U19 World Cup semifinals but were unable to advance to the final. They will, however, be hoping to advance to the tournament's first final.
TeamsIndia's U19 team:RS Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan Patel, Deepesh Devendran, Henil Patel, Harvansh Pangalia, Mohamed Enaan, Udhav Mohan, Kishan Kumar Singh, Aaron George, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ayush Mhatre (c), Vedant Trivedi, Vihaan Malhotra, and Abhigyan Kundu (w)
Afghanistan U19 Team:Mahboob Khan (w/c), Osman Sadat, Khalid Ahmadzai, Faisal Shinozada, Uzairullah Niazai, Azizullah Miakhil, Abdul Aziz, Roohullah Arab, Nooristani Omarzai, Wahidullah Zadran, Aqil Khan, Nazifullah Amiri, Khatir Stanikzai, Salam Khan, and Zaitullah Shaheen