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Find out when the tournament starts, what the format is, who the defending champions are, and more

Shashank Kishore16-Jan-2025Who won the inaugural edition?
India won the first edition in 2023 under Shafali Verma’s captaincy in South Africa when they halted England’s unbeaten run in the final.When does this edition begin?
The tournament starts January 18 with Australia, England, Pakistan, New Zealand, South Africa and Bangladesh all featuring on the opening day. We could also witness a special first on that day when Nigeria and Samoa play against each other – it’s the first women’s U-19 World Cup for both. The semi-finals will be played on January 31 and the final is slated for February 2.Related

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How many teams are participating?
It’s a 16-team event, just like the previous edition. Apart from Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, it comprises all other ten Full Members, who qualified automatically based on their standings at the inaugural edition, along with Malaysia who secured a direct entry as hosts. The remaining five spots were filled through the regional qualifiers.Who are these five regional qualifiers?
Nepal (Asia), USA (Americas), Nigeria (Africa), Samoa (Asia Pacific) and Scotland (Europe). Among these teams, Samoa will be playing at their first-ever ICC tournament – men’s or women’s. Meanwhile, hosts Malaysia, Nepal, and Nigeria will be playing in their first women’s Under-19 World Cup.India U-19 are the defending champions of the tournament•ICC/Getty ImagesWhich teams played in 2023 but won’t be playing this time?
Rwanda, Zimbabwe, UAE and Indonesia haven’t qualified for this tournament. Rwanda had finished in the top eight in 2023, ahead of four Full Members including their African counterpart Zimbabwe, but had to re-qualify due to rankings criteria, which they failed to.What is the format of the tournament?
Unlike the men’s Under-19 World Cup, which is a 50-overs event, the women’s tournament will be played in a T20 format.The 16 teams are divided into four groups of four in a round-robin format. The top three from each group make it to the Super Six Stage comprising 12 teams.The teams that qualify for the Super Six will carry forward the points, wins and net run rate secured against fellow Super Six teams. Each team will play two matches at the Super Six stage, against the teams from the opposing group whose finishing positions were different from its own. The top two from each pool will then advance to the semi-finals.ESPNcricinfo LtdWas Malaysia always slated to host?
Initially, the tournament was to be jointly hosted by Malaysia and Thailand. However, the ICC had to move the entire tournament to Malaysia because Thailand’s venues weren’t deemed ready to host the tournament.Malaysia means games will be held at the Kinrara Oval, right?
You probably remember that for Sachin Tendulkar’s 141 not out from the DLF Cup in 2006 against West Indies? Or maybe from having watched Virat Kohli’s team lift the Under-19 World Cup in 2008? That ground, once Malaysia’s premier cricket venue, is no longer operational after Malaysia Cricket’s lease agreement with the land owners ended in 2022.How many venues will host games in this tournament?
Matches will be played at four venues: Bayuemas Oval and UKM YSD Oval in Selangor, the JCA Oval in Johor, and Borneo Cricket Ground in Sarawak.Who are some of the more famous alumni from the inaugural edition?
Shafali and Richa Ghosh were part of the inaugural edition as India’s captain and vice-captain, respectively. However, the tournament wasn’t a launchpad for them as they had already played a fair bit of international cricket by then.It was the same case for New Zealand’s Georgia Plimmer and Sri Lanka’s Vishmi Gunaratne, although they had much less international experience. Since then, Plimmer has been part of New Zealand’s T20 World Cup-winning side and Gunaratne of Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup-winning roster.West Indies’ spin-bowling allrounder Zaida James went on to play an important role in the team’s first semi-final appearance in the senior T20 World Cup since 2018.

India A made a steady start to their innings before rain brought an early end to the second day in Lucknow

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Sep-2025

Josh Philippe’s unbeaten 123 off 87 balls and Liam Scott’s 81 continued Australia A’s dominance on day two of the first four-day game against India A in Lucknow.With Sam Konstas also making a century on the first day, Australia A declared their innings on 532 for 6 in just 98 overs, having scored at a run rate of 5.43. In reply, India A lost opener Abhimanyu Easwaran for 44, but N Jagadeesan remained unbeaten on 50 before rain brought an early end to the day.Resuming on 337 for 5, Australia A went into overdrive on the second day. Play started half an hour early at 9am to make up for overs lost to rain on the opening day. Philippe was dropped on 26 by wicketkeeper Jagadeesan off Khaleel Ahmed and cashed in, bringing up his half-century off 55 balls. He added 81 runs for the sixth wicket with Scott, who hit 81 off 122 deliveries before falling to fast bowler Gurnoor Brar.Philippe then had an unbroken 118-run stand off 62 balls with Xavier Bartlett, contributing 78 off 38 to the partnership. He smashed left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey for a six and three fours in the 93rd over and then went after offspinner Tanush Kotian in the 94th, taking him for two fours and a six. He took 77 balls to reach his century, getting there with a quick single to cover”I just looked to be positive. It was a pretty good wicket and Scotty batted beautifully, Philippe said after play. “Then, Xavier came in and we had a nice little partnership at the end. And when we’re told we’re probably declaring soon, it requires attacking against the spinners. I played them naturally. I like to try and take the game on and look to put pressure back on them straight away.”While Philippe hit 18 fours and four sixes in his century, Bartlett smashed five fours and two sixes in his unbeaten 24-ball 39. Australia A thrashed 195 runs in just 25 overs on the second day before declaring their innings.India A openers Easwaran and Jagadeesan responded quickly too, adding 88 runs for the first wicket in 21.1 overs. Easwaran was bowled by Scott but Jagadeesan reached his fifty and had B Sai Sudharsan for company on 20 when stumps were called. Only 55 overs were bowled on the second day, with no play possible after tea.”I think it’s still a pretty good wicket,” Philippe said. “There’s some signs that there’s a bit of spin from us today. Not sure what’s going on with the weather, but hopefully as the game gets on, it continues to deteriorate and our spinners can take charge and get some poles.”