When and against which teams will Team India play in the Under-19 World Cup? Note down the date and time

U19 World Cup 2026: Under-19 World Cup 2026 starts on Thursday, there will be no dearth of thrill in this tournament of young players, because 15 teams will be seen competing against each other for the shining trophy. In this, Team India will be captained by Ayush Mhatre and all eyes will be on players like Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra. So let us tell you in this article what is India’s schedule in this tournament, what time will the matches start and who is included in the team.

Who will India face in the first match?

The Indian cricket team will play its first match in the Under-19 World Cup starting from January 15 on Thursday. India will face the USA team in the opening match.

What time will the matches start?

The Under-19 World Cup 2026 match will start at 9.30 am local time. But, according to Indian time, these matches will start at 1 pm, for which the captains of both the teams will come to the field at 12.30 pm for the toss.

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Team India’s schedule

Team India is part of Group-A in the Under-19 World Cup 2026. There are teams from India, New Zealand, Bangladesh and USA in this group. In the tournament, the Indian team will play its first league match with USA on January 15. The second league match will be played with Bangladesh on 17 January and the third league match will be played with New Zealand on 24 January.

Where will you be able to watch U19 World Cup 2026 matches?

You can easily watch all the matches of Team India in the Under-19 World Cup on TV and mobile. The live telecast of the tournament will be done on Star Sports Network. Live streaming of these matches will be on Jio Hotstar app.

Team India’s squad for Under-19 World Cup 2026:

Ayush Mhatre (Captain), R.S. Ambareesh, Kanishk Chauhan, Deepesh Devendran, Mohammad Anan, Aaron George, Abhigyan Kundu, Kishan Kumar Singh, Vihaan Malhotra, Uddhav Mohan, Henil Patel, Khilan A. Patel, Harvansh Singh, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vedant Trivedi

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