ICC U19 World Cup 2020: India vs Japan

India U19 and Japan U19 lock their horns today at Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein. India cruised to a 90-run victory over Sri Lanka in their opening group league encounter earlier, riding on an impressive batting performance which was topped by a disciplined bowling effort.

The Japanese captain Marcus Thurgate, however, isn’t one to lose hope and is hoping that his team can replicate the upset sprung by the Japan Rugby Team against South Africa Springboks in the opening match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

India U19 vs Japan U19 will start at 1:30 PM IST. The toss will take place at 1 PM IST and will broadcast on Star Sports 3.

Weather Condition

The rain is likely to play spoilsport even in this game. While the day will start with thunderstorms in the mid-night, the sun will be out by the time the match begins.

Pitch Report

Pitch surface favors the batsmen and track is expected to be on offer. However, with the dark clouds around, the ball might swing a bit as well.

Probable Playing XIs

India Under-19s

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Divyansh Saxena, Tilak Varma, Priyam Garg, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Siddhesh Veer, Shubhang Hegde, Sushant Mishra, Ravi Bishnoi, Akash Singh, Kartik Tyagi.

Bench – Vidyadhar Patil, Shashwat Rawat, Atharva Ankolekar, Kumar Kushagra.

Japan Under-19s

Marcus Thurgate (C & WK)), Shu Noguchi, Neel Date, Debashish Sahoo, Ishaan Fartyal, Kazumasa Takahashi, Kento Ota-Dobell, Ashley Thurgate, Max Clements, Yugandhar Retharekar, SoraIchiki.

Bench – Tushar Chaturvedi, Leon Mehlig, Masato Morita, Reiji Suto.