The 2021 Under-19 Asia Cup was the 9th edition of ACC Under-19 Cup. The cricket tournament was played in United Arab Emirates from 23 December 2021 to 31 December 2021. Eight teams contested in the tournament, including five full members and three qualified members.[1][2][3][4]
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| Dates | 23 December 2021 – 31 December 2021 |
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| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council (ACC) |
| Cricket format | 50-over |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin, playoffs |
| Host(s) |  United Arab Emirates |
| Champions |  India (8th title) |
| Runners-up |  Sri Lanka |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 15 |
| Player of the series | Harnoor Singh |
| Most runs | Shaik Rasheed (133) |
| Most wickets |  Zeeshan Zameer (11) |
Teams
| No. | Teams | Qualification method |
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| 1 | India | ICC Full Member |
| 2 | Pakistan | |
| 3 |  Bangladesh | |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | |
| 5 |  Afghanistan | |
| 6 |  Kuwait | Qualifiers |
| 7 |  Nepal | |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates |
Squads
| Afghanistan[5] | Bangladesh[6] | India[7] | Kuwait[8] | Nepal[9][10] | Pakistan[11] | Sri Lanka[12] | United Arab Emirates[13] |
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Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.142 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.085 | |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.158 | |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.100 |
Source: Cricinfo
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Harnoor Singh 120 (130) Alishan Sharafu 2/44 (5 overs) |
- United Arab Emirates U-19 won the toss and elected to field.
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Nangeyalia Kharote 15 (27) Ahmed Khan 3/21 (6 overs) |
- Afghanistan U-19 won the toss and elected to bat.
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Aaradhya Yadav 50 (83) Zeeshan Zameer 5/60 (10 overs) | Muhammad Shahzad 81 (105) Raj Bawa 4/56 (10 overs) |
- Pakistan U-19 won the toss and elected to field.
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Nilansh Keswani 15 (15) Bilal Sami 3/12 (5 overs) |
- United Arab Emirates U-19 won the toss and elected to field.
- Pakistan U-19 qualified for Semi-final as a result of this match.
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Ijaz Ahmadzai 86* (68) Kaushal Tambe 1/25 (8 overs) | Harnoor Singh 65 (74) Noor Ahmad 4/43 (10 overs) |
- India U-19 won the toss and elected to field.
- India U-19 qualified for Semi-finals as result of this match.
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Qasim Akram 50 (67) Aayan Afzal Khan 3/44 (10 overs) | Aayan Afzal Khan 38 (32) Qasim Akram 3/52 (9 overs) |
- Pakistan U-19 won the toss and elected to bat.
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Bangladesh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3.810 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3.340 | |
| 3 | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −3.308 | |
| 4 | Nepal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.485 |
Source: Cricinfo
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Pawan Pathiraja 86 (72) Zeeshan Azeem 2/49 (6 overs) |
- Sri Lanka U-19 won the toss and elected to bat.
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Prantik Nawrose Nabil 127* (112) Tilak Bhandari 1/31 (6 overs) | Gulsan Jha 35 (28) SM Meherob 2/20 (9 overs) |
- Bangladesh U-19 won the toss and elected
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Mahfijul Islam 112 (119) Abdul Sadiq 3/40 (8.2 overs) | Meet Bhavsar 43 (77) Ripon Mondol 3/10 (8 overs) |
- Kuwait U-19 won the toss and elected to field.
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Sadisha Rajapaksa 131 (119) Mohammad Aadil Alam 2/46 (9 overs) | Arjun Saud 64 (80) Raveen de Silva 3/35 (7 overs) |
- Sri Lanka U-19 won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bangladesh U-19 and Sri Lanka U-19 qualified for semi finals as a result of this match.
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Md Prantik Nawrose 45 (64) Traveen Mathew 2/17 (6 overs) |
- Sri Lanka U-19 won the toss and elected to field.
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Basir Ahamad 56 (61) Mirza Ahmed 3/22 (5 overs) | Meet Bhavsar 175* (149) Gulsan Jha 3/70 (10 overs) |
- Kuwait U-19 won the toss and elected to field.
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | Pakistan | 125 | |||||||
| B2 | Sri Lanka | 147 | |||||||
| B2 | Sri Lanka | 106/9 | |||||||
| A2 | India | 104/1 | |||||||
| B1 | Bangladesh | 140 | |||||||
| A2 | India | 243/8 | |||||||
Semi-finals
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Matheesha Pathirana 31 (33) Zeeshan Zameer 4/32 (10 overs) | Ahmad Khan 36 (74) Traveen Mathew 4/14 (10 overs) |
- Sri Lanka U-19 won the toss and elected to bat.
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Shaik Rasheed 90 (108) Rakibul Hassan 3/41 (10 overs) | Ariful Islam 42 (77) Ravi Kumar 2/22 (5 overs) |
- Bangladesh U-19 won the toss and elected to field.
Final
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Angkrish Raghuvanshi 56* (67) Yasiru Rodrigo 1/12 (3 overs) |
- Sri Lanka U-19 won the toss and elected to bat.
- India U-19 were set a revised target of 102 runs from 38 overs due to rain.