The ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup 2022 is just days away and almost all of the participating teams have announced their squads for the mega event.
The tournament will kick off on 14 January and its final will be held on 5 February. West Indies will host the event in which 16 teams will battle across 48 matches for the coveted trophy.
Here are all the squads that have been announced so far:
West Indies
| Ackeem Auguste (c) | Giovonte Depeiza (vc) | Onaje Amory | Teddy Bishop |
| Carlon Bowen-Tuckett | Jaden Carmichael | McKenny Clarke | Rivaldo Clarke |
| Jordan Johnson | Johann Layne | Anderson Mahase Matthew Nandu | Shaqkere Parris |
| Shiva Sankar | Isai Thorne | – | – |
Traveling reserves: Anderson Amurdan, Nathan Edward, Andel Gordon, Vasant Singh, Kevin Wickham.
Pakistan
| Qasim Akram (c) | Abdul Faseeh | Abdul Wahid Bangalzai | Ahmed Khan |
| Ali Asfand | Arham Nawab | Awais Ali | Faisal Akram |
| Haseebullah | Irfan Khan Niazi | Maaz Sadaqat | Mehran Mumtaz |
| Mohammad Shehzad | Rizwan Mehmood | Zeeshan Zameer | – |
Traveling reserves: Ghazi Ghori (wk), Mohammad Zeeshan.
Afghanistan
| Suliman Safi (c) | Ijaz Ahmadzai (vc) | Mohammad Ishaq (wk) | Suliman Arabzai |
| Bilal Sayeedi | Allah Noor | Muhammadullah | Khyber Wali |
| Ijaz Ahmad | Izharulhaq Naweed | Noor Ahmad | Faisal Khan |
| Naweed Zadran | Bilal Sami | Nangyalai Khan | Khalil Ahmad |
| Abdul Hadi | Bilal Tarin | Shahid Hassani | Younis |
Australia
| Cooper Connolly (c) | Harkirat Bajwa | Aidan Cahill | Joshua Garner |
| Isaac Higgins | Campbell Kellaway | Corey Miller | Jack Nisbet |
| Nivethan Radhakrishnan | William Salzmann | Lachlan Shaw | Jackson Sinfield |
| Tobias Snell | Tom Whitney | Teague Wyllie | – |
Traveling reserves: Ahosun Habib Leon, Jishan Alam.
Bangladesh
| Rakibul Hasan(c) | Prantik Nawrose Nabil (vc) | Mahfijul Islam | Iftakhar Hossain Ifti |
| SM Meherob Hasan | Aich Mollah | Abdulla Al Mamun | Gazi Mohammad |
| Tahjibul Islam | Ariful Islam | Md Fahim | Mohammad Musfik Hasan |
| Ripon Mondol | Md Ashiqur Zaman | Tanzim Hasan Sakib | Naimur Rohman Noyon |
Traveling reserves: Ahosun Habib Leon, Jishan Alam.
Canada
| Mihir Patel(c) | Anoop Chima | Arjuna Sukhu | Ethan Gibson |
| Gavin Niblock | Gurnek Johal Singh | Harjap Saini | Kairav Sharma |
| Mohit Prashar | Parmveer Kharoud | Sahil Badin | Sheel Patel |
| Siddh Lad | Yasir Mahmood | – | – |
Non-traveling reserves: Ayush Singh, Eran Maliduwapathirana, Ramanvir Dhaliwal, Yash Mondkar.
England
| Tom Prest (c) | Rehan Ahmed | Tom Aspinwall | Sonny Baker |
| Nathan Barnwell | George Bell | George Bell | Jacob Bethell |
| Josh Boyden | James Coles | Alex Horton | Will Luxton |
| James Rew | James Sales | Fateh Singh | George Thomas |
Traveling reserves: Josh Baker and Ben Cliff.
India
| Yash Dhull (c) | Harnoor Singh | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | SK Rasheed (vc) |
| Nishant Sindhu | Siddarth Yadav | Aneeshwar Gautam | Dinesh Bana |
| Aaradhya Yadav | Raj Angad Bawa | Manav Parakh | Kaushal Tambe |
| RS Hangargekar | Vasu Vats | Vicky Ostwal | Ravikumar |
| Garv Sangwan | – | – | – |
Traveling reserves: Rishit Reddy, Uday Saharan, Ansh Gosai, Amrit Raj Upadhyay, Amrit Raj Upadhyay.
Ireland
| Tim Tector (c) | Diarmuid Burke | Joshua Cox | Jack Dickson |
| Liam Doherty | Jamie Forbes | Daniel Forkin | Matthew Humphreys |
| Philippe le Roux | Scott Macbeth | Nathan McGuire | Muzamil Sherzad |
| David Vincent | Luke Whelan, | Reuben Wilson | – |
Traveling reserve: Robbie Millar.
Non-traveling reserves: Ryan Hunter and Ewan Wilson
Papua New Guinea
| Barnabas Maha (c) | Boio Ray | Sigo Kelly | Malcolm Aporo |
| Toua Boe | Ryan Ani | Aue Oru | Katenalaki Singi |
| Christopher Kilapat | Junior Morea | Peter Karoho | Patrick Nou |
| Rasan Kevau | Karoho Kevau | John Kariko | – |
Non-travelling reserves: Vele Kariko, Gata Mika, and Api Ila.
Scotland
| Charlie Peet (c) | Jamie Cairns | Christopher Cole | Aayush Dasmahapatra |
| Olly Davidson | Sam Elstone | Sam Elstone | Sean Fischer-Keogh |
| Gabriel Gallman-Findlay | Jack Jarvis | Rafay Khan | Tom Mackintosh |
| Muhaymen Majeed | Ruaridh McIntyre | Lyle Robertson | Charlie Tear |
South Africa
| George van Heerden (c) | Liam Alder | Matthew Boast | Dewald Brevis |
| Michael Copeland | Ethan Cunningham | Valentine Kitime | Kwena Maphaka |
| Gerhard Maree | Aphiwe Mnyanda | Andile Simelane | Jade Smith |
| Kaden Solomons | Joshua Stephenson | Asakhe Tshaka | – |
Traveling reserves: Hardus Coetzer, Ronan Hermann, Caleb Seleka.
Uganda
| Pascal Murungi (c) | Munir Ismail (vc) | Akram Nsubuga | Christopher Kidega |
| Pius Oloka | Joseph Baguma | Matthew Musinguzi | Ronald Omara |
| Cyrus Kakuru | Asaba Brian | Isaac Sanyu Ategeka | Ronald Opio |
| Ronald Lutaaya | Edwin Nuwagaba | Juma Miyagi | – |
Zimbabwe
| Emmanuel Bawa (c) | Brian Bennet | David Bennet | Victor Chirwa |
| Mgcini Dube | Alex Falao | Tendekai Mataranyika | Tashinga Makoni |
| Connor Mitchell | Steven Saul | Matthew Schonken | Panashe Taruvinga |
| Matthew Welch | Rogan Wolhuter | Ngenyasha Zvinoera | – |
Non-traveling reserves: Aishah Chibanda, Luyanda Mtomba, Tadiwanashe Mwale, Declan Rugg, Tanaka Zvaita.
Sri Lanka
| Dunith Wellalage (c) | Shevon Daniel | Anjala Bandara | Pawan Pathiraja |
| Sadisha Rajapaksa | Wanuja Sahan Kumara | Raveen De Silva | Ranuda Somarathne |
| Malsha Tharupathi | Traveen Mathew | Yasiru Rodrigo | Matheesha Pathirana |
| Chamidu Wickramasinghe | Vinuja Ranpul | Sakuna Liyanage | Abhisheak Liyanaarachchi |
| Sadeesh Jayawardena | – | – | – |
UAE
| Alishan Sharafu (c) | Kai Smith | Dhruv Parashar | Punya Mehra |
| Ronak Panoly | Ali Aamer Naseer | Adithya Shetty | Soorya Sathish, |
| Sailles Jaishankar | Vinayak Vijaya Raghavan | Aayan Khan | Aryansh Sharma |
| Jash Giyanani | Shival Bawa | Nilansh Keswani | – |
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