United Arab Emirates women's national under-19 cricket team

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United Arab Emirates Women's Under-19 cricket team
Association Emirates Cricket Board
Personnel
Captain Samaira Dharnidharka [1]
Coach Ahmed Raza
History
Twenty20 debutv. Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan at Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara; 3 June 2022
U19 World Cup  wins0
Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifiers  winsGold medal world centered-2.svg (2022)
International Cricket Council
ICC region Asia

The United Arab Emirates women's under-19 cricket team represents the United Arab Emirates in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administrated by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB).

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UAE qualified for the inaugural ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup via winning the Asia Qualifier, going unbeaten in a five-team tournament. [2] The side reached the Super Six stage of the inaugural tournament. [3] Ahmed Raza serves as the head coach of the team whereas Samaira Dharnidharka was the UAE u-19 women's captain in all formats.

History

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] The tournament was eventually held in January 2023, in South Africa. [5] UAE competed in the Asia Qualifier for the tournament in June 2022 in Malaysia. The side won all of their group matches, including a decisive six wicket victory over Thailand, to qualify for the tournament. [2]

UAE announced their squad for the tournament on 26 December 2022, with Najeeb Amar announced as Head Coach of the side. [6] The side reached the Super Six stage, in which they finished bottom of their group. [3]

Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for United Arab Emirates under-19s. Currently, this includes the squads for the 2022 Asia T20 World Cup Qualifier and the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [6]

NameMost Recent Call-up
Jia Bhatia2022 Qualifier
Samaira Dharnidharka2023 World Cup
Mahika Gaur 2023 World Cup
Siya Gokhale2023 World Cup
Geethika Jyothis2023 World Cup
Lavanya Keny2023 World Cup
Vaishnave Mahesh2023 World Cup
Induja Nandakumar2023 World Cup
Rinitha Rajith2023 World Cup
Rishitha Rajith2023 World Cup
Sanjana Ramesh2023 World Cup
Theertha Satish 2023 World Cup
Sanchin Singh2023 World Cup
Avni Sunil Patil2023 World Cup
Archana Supriya2023 World Cup
Ishitha Zahra2023 World Cup

Records & statistics

International match summary

As of 23 November 2024

Playing records
FormatMWLTD/NRInaugural match
Youth Women's Twenty20 Internationals16106003 June 2022

Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations

As of 25 January 2023

ICC Full members
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1010023 January 2023
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1010025 January 2023
Flag of India.svg India 1010016 January 2023
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1010018 January 2023
Associate members
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 1010014 January 2023

Under-19 World Cup record

United Arab Emirates's U19 Twenty20 World Cup Record
YearResultPos№PldWLTNR
Flag of South Africa.svg 2023 Super 6–1650500
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2025 Did not Qualified
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Flag of Nepal.svg 2027 TBD
Total50500

Support staff

References

  1. ↑ https://emiratescricket.com/news-detail/gLPQZOpnel2lbKBzyVXv
  2. 1 2 "UAE qualify for first U19 T20 World Cup after title win in Malaysia". The National News. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 "ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "ICC postpones 2021 Women's World Cup Qualifier due to COVID-19". Women's CricZone. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23 | Live Score, Schedule, News". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 September 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Expectations high for UAE at U19 Women's T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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