Afghanistan Under-19s vs India Under-19s: ODI preview from Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)

Asia Youth/Under-19s Cup reaches 2nd Semi-Final with Afghanistan Under-19s and India Under-19s still to start an ODI at Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1), Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 10:30 IST. Read this as the pre-match piece: conditions first, then the two XIs, then the contest that decides the day.

This is a preview, filed before the first ball. Anything not sourced below is not a team announcement.

Afghanistan Under-19s and India Under-19s are the names the rest of the day hangs on. Asia Youth/Under-19s Cup is the frame. 2nd Semi-Final is the match inside it.

Match snapshot

• Fixture: 2nd Semi-Final
• Series: Asia Youth/Under-19s Cup
• Format: ODI
• Venue: Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)
• Start (IST): Thursday, 12 November 2026 at 10:30 IST
• Start (venue local): Not confirmed for this ground
• Status: Yet to start
• Afghanistan Under-19s: Afghanistan Under-19s
• India Under-19s: India Under-19s

Times are converted from the fixture timestamp. IST is Asia/Kolkata. The venue clock is shown only when the ground is on the timezone list. The 2nd Semi-Final score stays on the live scoreboard.

What 2nd Semi-Final does to Asia Youth/Under-19s Cup

If Afghanistan Under-19s win at Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1), their XI tends to stay for the next Asia Youth/Under-19s Cup game. If India Under-19s lose, every low score becomes a selection argument. That is the stake in this 2026 ODI.

Afghanistan Under-19s want the new ball to ask a question or the top order to survive it. India Under-19s want the opposite hour. Follow the passage, not only the headline total, on the live page once 2nd Semi-Final starts.

What Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1) asks of this ODI

No match-day pitch report from a cited source was available for Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1) when this preview was written. The surface stays unconfirmed until the teams inspect it. Afghanistan Under-19s and India Under-19s play that surface on this date, not a generic one.

Fifty overs at Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1) split into a powerplay, a middle, and a death. Afghanistan Under-19s and India Under-19s win it in the phase where the fifth bowler is hiding.

Who has to win their hour

Afghanistan Under-19s: no squad list was available for this match when the article was prepared.

India Under-19s: no squad list was available for this match when the article was prepared.

Afghanistan Under-19s carry the batting job for Afghanistan Under-19s. India Under-19s carry it for India Under-19s. In this ODI between them at Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1), one partnership that lasts is worth more than three starts.

Sources and limits

• For Afghanistan Under-19s against India Under-19s, the fixture, status and any scoreline come from the live match feed this site already uses.
• The Afghanistan Under-19s and India Under-19s names are the squad record, not a confirmed playing XI unless an official announcement is quoted.
• Roles beside Afghanistan Under-19s and India Under-19s are the roles on that record. A stale record can list the wrong role.
• Notes on Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1) describe how it has usually played, not a pitch report for this Afghanistan Under-19s vs India Under-19s match.
• No weather forecast for Afghanistan Under-19s vs India Under-19s is included unless a source and the time it was retrieved are written here.
• A photograph in this Afghanistan Under-19s vs India Under-19s piece is used only when the file is about these teams or Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1). The caption describes the file.

Written by the Sports Infoline Desk for Afghanistan Under-19s vs India Under-19s at Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1). Analysis is not a team announcement.