U-19 World Cup shifted from Sri Lanka to South Africa: Report

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday shifted the 2024 males’s Under-19 World Cup from Sri Lanka to South Africa.

According to a report, the choice was made after the governing physique just lately provisionally suspended Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) attributable to an excessive amount of authorities interference in administrative affairs.

Sri Lanka was imagined to host the fifteenth version of the event from January 13–4, with sixteen groups taking part within the marquee occasion. However, that doesn’t appear to be the case now.

The ICC is but to launch an official assertion. India will start its Under-19 World Cup marketing campaign towards Bangladesh on January 14, and the reigning champion, who received the 2022 version within the West Indies, will look to defend the title in a format that has been tweaked from the earlier version.

India is positioned in Group A together with Bangladesh, Ireland, and the USA, whereas Group B includes England, South Africa, the West Indies, and Scotland. Host Sri Lanka has been clubbed alongside Australia, Zimbabwe, and Namibia in Group C.

Group D includes Afghanistan, Pakistan, New Zealand, and Nepal.