World Cup LIVE – IND vs USA U19 Live: India start u19 World Cup campaign against USA. IND vs USA U19 Live Cricket Score Updates: Favourites India are set to begin their U-19 World Cup campaign on Thursday when the Ayush Mhatre-led team take on USA in their opening match of the tournament.

India are clubbed in Group B with Bangladesh and New Zealand and will aim to qualify for the Super Six stage of the showpiece event. India have been the most dominant unit in the World Cup’s history, winning the trophy in 2000, 2008, 2012, 2022 and 201.

They also went to the final of the 2024 edition but missed out due to a loss to the Australians. The current team has won 13 of their last 16 matches, including series victories in England, Australia and South Africa.

Story continues below this ad The well-balanced unit is spearheaded by destructive batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi who will be taking most of the limelight after his recent exploits for India as well as last year’s IPL. He will be supported by Mhatre, Vihaan Malhotra Aaron George and Abhigyan Kundu who are all exceptional with the bat on their day. In the bowling part of the team, Deepesh Devendran, RS Ambrish, Kishan Singh and Henil Patel will be crucial.

SCROLL BELOW FOR THE LATEST UPDATES FROM IND VS USA Live Updates Jan 15, 2026 11:56 AM IST IND vs USA, U19 World Cup LIVE: India’s squad Here’s India squad for the U19 World Cup: Ayush Mhatre (c), R. S.

Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, D. Deepesh, Mohamed Enaan, Aaron George, Abhigyan Kundu, Kishan Kumar Singh, Vihaan Malhotra, Udhav Mohan, Henil Patel, Khilan A.

Patel, Harvansh Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Vedant Trivedi Jan 15, 2026 11:42 AM IST IND vs USA, U19 World Cup LIVE: Venues of the U19 WC The tournament is set to be played across five venues in Zimbabwe and Namibia with the former hosting 25 matches including the semi-final and final, and Namibia hosting 16 games. All matches in Namibia will be held in Windhoek at the two venues, the Namibia Cricket Ground and High Performance Oval next to each other. In Zimbabwe, the matches will be held in two cities: Harare and Bulawayo.

The Queens Sports Club will be the solitary venue in Bulawayo with Harare Sports Club and Takashinga Sports Club being the two venues in the Zimbabwean capital. The Queens Sports Club and the Harare Sports Club will host the two semi-finals on February 3 and 4 with the Harare Sports Club playing host to the final on February 6.

Jan 15, 2026 11:33 AM IST IND vs USA, U19 World Cup LIVE: Format of the U19 WC The 16 teams will be divided into four groups with three teams from each group advancing to the Super six stage. The fourth-placed teams in each will move to a placement match, with the fourth-placed teams in Group A and D facing each other while the fourth-placed teams in Group B and C take each other on.

The top three teams from Group A and D will progress to one Super Six group while top three teams from Group B and C will be combined in another Super Six group. The points, wins and net run-rate earned against the other progressing Super Six teams will be carried forward.

The teams will then play two matches in the Super Six stage against opponents from the other group that finished in a different group stage position. For example, the first-placed team in Group A plays only teams that finished second and third in Group D in the Super Six. Similarly, the second-placed team in Group A plays only the teams that finished first and third in Group D.

Jan 15, 2026 11:14 AM IST IND vs USA, U19 World Cup LIVE: India’s record at U19 WC This is the 16th edition of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. At the event in Zimbabwe and Namibia, Australia are hoping to defend the crown they won in 2024 edition with a victory over India in the final.

The Australians have won the title four times, which puts them just behind India who have lifted the trophy on a record five occasions. Pakistan are the only other team with multiple titles to their name with successive victories in 2004 and 2006 with West Indies, South Africa, Bangladesh and England to have claimed one triumph each.

Jan 15, 2026 11:09 AM IST IND vs USA, U19 World Cup LIVE: On India’s form India’s results in recent years speak about why they are the favourites. At home, the India U19 team blanked Australia.

In the middle of last year, when the core group was finalised, they beat England away for a 3-2 series win. Then, last September-October they whitewashed Australia in away conditions, winning the one-dayers 3-0 and the four-day matches with 2-0 scoreline which highlighted their dominance.

Jan 15, 2026 10:54 AM IST IND vs USA, U19 World Cup LIVE: At the U19 World Cup, the Indian team will be one to beat. Why? Because as Venkata Krishna B notes, the team has a 14-year-old batting sensation who is a household name (Vaibhav Suryavanshi), an 18-year-old opener who is seen as the next big batsman from Mumbai (Ayush Mhatre), a solid No. 3 (Aaron George), all-rounders and a well-rounded bowling unit.

READ MORE Jan 15, 2026 10:37 AM IST HOLA Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the India vs USA blog from the U19 World Cup. The Indian team, with a bunch of stars in their ranks like Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre, will be in action today in their tournament opener. (From left): Oliver Peake with his family; Ambrish with his father Sukumar.

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