🏏ICC U19 Men's ODI WC 2024: Group A: IND vs USA Pg 14🏏

🏏ICC U19 Men's WC: Match 1: Ireland vs USA at Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein on 19/01/2024 at 1:30PM IST🏏

Hello and Welcome to ICC U19 Men's World Cup 2024.

The ICC Men's Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2024 will kickstart from January 19, Friday with South Africa hosting the month-long tournament. 16 countries will battle it out in 24 days with 41 matches played.

The opening match of the ICC Men's Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2024 will be a double-header clash with the USA facing Ireland and hosts South Africa taking on West Indies on January 19, Friday. The final is scheduled to be held on February 11.

All eyes will be on defending champions, India, who will be looking to secure their 6th title win.

Who are part of Group A?

India U19s, Bangladesh U19s, Ireland U19s, USA U19s

What are all the venues for matches?

South Africa are hosting the tournament and the games are scheduled to be played in Potchefstroom, Bloemfontein, Benoni, Kimberley and East London. The semi-finals and the final will all be played in Benoni.

Group A Squads:

India: Arshin Kulkarni, Adarsh Singh, Rudra Mayur Patel, Sachin Dhas, Priyanshu Moliya, Musheer Khan, Uday Saharan (c), Aravelly Avanish Rao, Saumy Kumar Pandey, Murugan Abhishek, Innesh Mahajan, Dhanush Gowda, Aaradhya Shukla, Raj Limbani and Naman Tiwari

Bangladesh: Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby (c), Ashiqur Rahaman Shibli, Jishan Alam, Chowdhury Md Rizwan, Adil Bin Siddik, Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Boranno, Ariful Islam, Shihab James, Ahrar Amin, Sheikh Parvez Jibon, Rafi Uzzaman Rafi, Rohanat Doullah Borson, Iqbal Hasan Emon, Wasi Siddiquee, Maruf Mridha

Ireland: Philippe le Roux (c), Macdara Cosgrave, Harry Dyer, Daniel Forkin, Kian Hilton, Ryan Hunter, Finn Lutton, Scott Macbeth, Carson McCullough, John McNally, Jordan Neill, Oliver Riley, Gavin Roulston, Matthew Weldon, Reuben Wilson. Non-Travelling Reserves: Adam Leckey, Hayden Melly, James West

USA: Amogh Arepally, Rayaan Bhagani, Aaryan Batra, Khush Bhalala, Prannav Chettipalayam, Arya Garg, Siddarth Kappa, Bhavya Mehta, Aarin Nadkarni, Manav Nayak, Parth Patel, Rishi Ramesh (c), Utkarsh Srivastava, Ateendra Subramanian, Aryaman Suri. Reserves: Arjun Mahesh, Ansh Rai, Aryan Satheesh

IRE vs USA Pitch Report:

How will Mangaung Oval's surface in Bloemfontein play in U19 World Cup match 1?

Ireland and the United States of America will kick off the ICC U19 World Cup 2024 at Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein. Ireland defeated the USA in the only U19 game played between two nations in 2010 and are favourites in the upcoming opening clash on Friday.

The surface at Bloemfontien's Mangaung Oval offers a balanced surface in 50-over cricket. The average innings score here is 248 with teams batting first winning only 15 of 25 ODI matches so far. Australia recorded 392 runs against South Africa's strong bowling attack in the latest ODI game played here in September 2023 which suggest a helping surface for the batters.

The venue is also expected to offer some help for the pace bowlers in the initial stages of the game and captains are likely to prefer bowling first on Friday.

Mangaung Oval​ Records and Stats

Total ODI Matches: 35

Matches won batting first: 15

Matches won bowling first: 18

Average first innings score: 248

Average second innings score: 205

Highest total scored: 399/9 by England vs South Africa

Highest score chased: 347/5 by South Africa vs England

Lowest total recorded: 78/10 by Zimbabwe vs South Africa

Lowest total defended: 203/6 by Australia vs South Africa

Batters To Watch(recent stats)

Philippus le Roux, IRE19

10 M • 259 Runs • 32.38 Avg • 70.95 SR

Scott MacBeth, IRE19

10 M • 187 Runs • 23.38 Avg • 98.42 SR

Bowlers To Watch(recent stats)

Reuben Wilson, IRE19

5 M • 7 Wkts • 4.63 Econ • 30 SR

Matthew Weldon, IRE19

3 M • 6 Wkts • 7.26 Econ • 23 SR

Head To Head

LAST 1 MATCH

Ireland U19 won by 5 wickets (with 37 balls remaining) 19-Jan-2010

Venue Guide

Stadium: Mangaung

OvalCity: BloemfonteinCapacity:20000

Ends: Loch Logan End, Willows End

Star sports are showing SA v WI match because they are full member nations and SA is host.

Make a thread on that too or edit this title.

For Ire vs USA it's on Hotstar only in India.

In US it should be on willow and in Aus it will be on Amazon prime.

Originally posted by: Savera84

IRE vs USA Pitch Report:

How will Mangaung Oval's surface in Bloemfontein play in U19 World Cup match 1?

Ireland and the United States of America will kick off the ICC U19 World Cup 2024 at Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein. Ireland defeated the USA in the only U19 game played between two nations in 2010 and are favourites in the upcoming opening clash on Friday.

The surface at Bloemfontien's Mangaung Oval offers a balanced surface in 50-over cricket. The average innings score here is 248 with teams batting first winning only 15 of 25 ODI matches so far. Australia recorded 392 runs against South Africa's strong bowling attack in the latest ODI game played here in September 2023 which suggest a helping surface for the batters.

The venue is also expected to offer some help for the pace bowlers in the initial stages of the game and captains are likely to prefer bowling first on Friday.

This is 50/50 format they should bats first but be careful for 1St power play

Than many runs offer

Thank you, Raji, for the thread and for tagging me.

Let us extend our good wishes to all the participating teams/ players.