ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2018

ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2018 – ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2018 is an International limited-overs tournament scheduled to be held in New Zealand. Tournament will be start from 13 January to 3 February 2018. Total 48 matches will play in the tournament of 50-overs among 16 teams. It will be the twelfth Edition of WC Under-19 and New Zealand will be the first country to host the event three times. ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2018

Last time Under-19 Cricket World Cup was played in 2016 and West Indies was the Winner which was held in Bangladesh. Australia and India won the World Cup three times, Pakistan won two times and England, South Africa and West Indies won one time each. Sir Lanka and New Zealand are the finalist but not won any Under-19 World Cup till now.

Overall the most runs scorer in all is Eoin Morgan scored 606 runs while in single tournament the most run scorer is Shikhar Dhawan scored 505 runs in 2004 tournament. In Bowling, the overall most wicket taker is Moises Henriques takes 27 wickets while, in single tournament the most wicket taker is Enamul Haque takes 22 wickets in 2004 tournament.

Total 16 teams are the part of the WC 2018 which are divided in four Groups which are the following;

Group A : New Zealand, West Indies, Kenya and South Africa

Group B : Australia, India, Zimbabwe and Papua New Guinea

Group C : Bangladesh, England, Namibia and Canada

Group D : Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sir Lanka and Ireland

Following are the Winner and Runner of played World Cup:

Year Winner Runner

1998 Australia Pakistan

1998 England New Zealand

2000 India Sir Lanka

2002 Australia South Africa

2004 Pakistan West Indies

2006 Pakistan India

2008 India South Africa

2010 Australia Pakistan

2012 India Australia

2014 South Africa Pakistan

2016 West indies India