CHRISTCHURCH- Pakistan will face off against rivals India in the ICCUnder-19 World Cup semifinal in Christchurch on Tuesday.
The semifinal will start at 2:30am PST (10:30am New Zealand time).
The match will be played at the Hagley Oval, with India having the betterrecord in the tournament.
The Indian team has been in good form in the tournament so far and has wonall four of their matches. The side, when batted first, won their gameswith a margin of at least 100 runs.
Pakistan has won three of their four matches in the tournament, losingtheir opening match against Afghanistan. The national team won against SriLanka, Ireland and South Africa.
Looking at the two sides record when facing each other in the U19tournament, India has won 12 out of 21 matches, losing eight while oneended in a draw.
Squads
Pakistan:
Hasan Khan (c), Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Ali Khan, Ammad Alam, Zaid Alam,Ali Zaryab, Arshad Iqbal, Muhammad Mohsin Khan, Muhammad Musa, Saad Khan,Rohail Nazir (wk), Munir Riaz, Suleman Shafqat, Imran Shah, Mohammad Taha.
India:
Prithvi Shaw (c), Shubman Gill, Aryan Juyal, Abhishek Sharma, ArshdeepSingh, Harvik Desai, Manjot Kalra, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Pankaj Yadav, RiyanParag, Ishan Porel, Himanshu Rana, Anukul Roy, Shivam Mavi, Shiva Singh.