South Africa have failed to win a single game in the series.
Preview
SA-U19 vs AF-U19 will lock horns in the 6th match of the South Africa U19 Tri-Series 2024 on Monday, January 8, at the Old Edwardians Cricket Club A Ground in Johannesburg. South Africa have failed to win a single game in the series, while Afghanistan have won one out of three matches.
Afghanistan faced India Under 19 in their last match, where India won the toss and elected to bowl. Afghanistan were bundled out for 88 runs in 33 overs. Only three batters managed to make a double-digit score for the team. Naman Tiwari was the pick of the bowlers for India and took four wickets for 11 runs in seven overs. India chased down the target of 89 runs in 12.1 overs with nine wickets in hand. Adarsh Singh was the highest scorer for the team and made 52 runs off 39 deliveries.
South Africa also faced India in their last match, where India won the toss and elected to bowl. South Africa posted a total of 256 runs in 50 overs. Steve Stolk was the highest scorer for the team with 69 runs off 66 deliveries. Musheer Khan took five wickets for 38 runs in 10 overs for India. Uday Saharan scored a century and helped the team win the game by six wickets in 48.4 overs.
Match Information
South Africa Under-19s vs Afghanistan Under-19s, Match 6
Under-19 Tri-Series ODI, 8 Jan 2024, Mon, 1:30 PM IST ,Houghton
Probable PlayingXI
South Africa Under-19s
Juan James, Ntando Zuma, Dewan Marais, David Teeger(C), Oliver Whitehead, Romashan Pillay, S Stolk, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Riley Norton, Kwena Maphaka, Sipho Potsane
Bench: Richard Seletswane, Martin Khumalo, E Aihevba, N Mokoena
Afghanistan Under-19s
Hizbullah Durrani, Khalid Taniwal, Nasir Hassan, Sohail Khan, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Hassan Eisakhel, Noman Shah(C), Naseer Khan, Jamshed Zadran, R Zurmati, Allah Mohammad
Bench: Ali Ahmad, Khalel Ahmad, AK Andar, W Zadran, M Asif, Akram Mohammadzai, Bashir Ahmad, Wafiullah, F Qasemi, MY Zadran, S Khan
Injury News
(Will be added when there is an update)
Weather Report: Overcast Clouds
Win Prediction: Afghanistan Under-19s
Pitch Condition: Balanced
Avg 1st Inning Score: 191
Pitch Report
Captains: 7.5
Steve Stolk SA-19 bat
He is the leading run-scorer for Afghanistan and has scored 96 runs in three matches at an average of 32 and a strike rate of 51.33.