Pakistan national under-19 cricket team

This article is about the u-19 men's team. For the u-19 women's team, see Pakistan women's national under-19 cricket team.

Pakistan

Pakistan Cricket Crest
Personnel
Captain	Akhtar Shah
Coach	Mohammad Yousuf
Bowling coach	Junaid Khan [1]
Fielding coach	Mansoor Amjad
Manager	Shoaib Muhammad
Team information
Colors	Green
Founded	1979;46 years ago (1979)
Home ground	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Capacity	27,000
History
First-class debut	India in 1979 at  Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup  wins	2 (2004, 2006)
ACC Under-19 Asia Cup  wins	1 (2012)
International Cricket Council
ICC region	Asia
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As of 18 December 2023

The Pakistan Under-19 cricket team have twice (2004 and 2006) been Cricket World Champions at the under-19 level. Their second win made them the first, and to date the only, back-to-back champions. They have also been runners-up thrice (1988, 2010 & 2014) and have finished in 3rd place 4 times (2000, 2008, 2018 & 2020).

Tournament history

U-19 World Cup Record

Year	Host	Squad	Result
1988	Australia	Squad	Runners-up
1998	South Africa	Squad	2nd Round
2000	Sri Lanka	Squad	3rd place
2002	New Zealand	Squad	8th place
2004	Bangladesh	Squad	Champions
2006	Sri Lanka	Squad
2008	Malaysia	Squad	3rd place
2010	New Zealand	Squad	Runners-up
2012	Australia	Squad	8th place
2014	UAE	Squad	Runners-up
2016	Bangladesh	Squad	5th place
2018	New Zealand	Squad	3rd place
2020	South Africa	Squad
2022	West Indies	Squad	5th place
2024	South Africa	Squad	3rd place

U-19 Asia Cup Record

Year	Venue	Round
2012	Pakistan	Champions
2014	United Arab Emirates	Runners-up
2016	Sri Lanka	5th Place
2017	Malaysia	Runners-up
2018	Bangladesh	5th Place
2019	Sri Lanka	6th Place
2021	United Arab Emirates	Semi finalists
2023	United Arab Emirates
2025	Nepal	TBD

2004

Pakistan won the 2004 U/19 Cricket World Cup by defeating the West Indies in the final in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This was Pakistan's first time to be crowned the Under-19 World Cup champions after beating West Indies by 25 runs under the captaincy of Khalid Latif.

2006

Pakistan won the 2006 U/19 Cricket World Cup by defeating India in the final in Colombo, Sri Lanka, when they successfully defended a small total of 109 runs by dismissing the Indian batting lineup for 71 runs, becoming the first, and to date the only, team to defend the U-19 World Cup. They were captained by Sarfraz Ahmed.

Current team

Head coach: Mohammad Yousuf

Player	Date of Birth	Batting	Bowling style
Akhtar Shah (c),	(2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 (age 23)	Right	—
Aamir Ali	(2002-05-05) 5 May 2002 (age 23)	Right	Slow left-arm orthodox
Fahad Munir	(2002-12-29) 29 December 2002 (age 22)	Left	Right-arm Legspin
Muhammad Jawad Ahmad	(2005-04-05) 5 April 2005 (age 20)	left	Right-arm leg break
Muhammad Haris	(2001-03-30) 30 March 2001 (age 24)	Right	—
Burhan Shabbir Khan (vc)	(2007-09-07) 7 September 2007 (age 18)	Right	Right-arm Medium-fast
Mehran Mumtaz	(2002-12-01) 1 December 2002 (age 22)	left	left-arm Offbreak
Mohammad Huraira	(2002-04-25) 25 April 2002 (age 23)	Right	—		Saim Ayub	(2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 23)	Right	Right-arm Legspin
Syed Muhammad Aun Abbas	(2005-02-20) 20 February 2005 (age 20)	Right	Right-arm Medium-fast
Saad Baig	(2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 (age 24)	Right	—
Haseebullah Khan	(2004-08-14) 14 August 2004 (age 21)	Right	Right-arm Offspin
Abdul Wahid Bangalzai	(2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 (age 22)	Right	—
Amir Mehmood	(2003-11-11) 11 November 2003 (age 21)	Right	Right-arm leg-spin

Management and Coaching Staff

Name	Position
Shoaib Muhammad	Manager
Mohammad Yousuf	Head coach
Umar Rasheed	Assistant coach
Junaid Khan	Bowling coach
Mansoor Amjad	Fielding coach
Muhammad Masroor	Assistant batting coach
Naeem Ul Rasul	Physio
Usman Hashmi	Analyst
Muhammad Arslan	Media and digital manager

See also

• Pakistan women's under-19 cricket team
• Pakistan men's national cricket team
• Pakistan women's national cricket team

References

1. "Junaid Khan appointed U-19 team bowling coach". 1 January 2024.