The 2026 Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup took place in the Zimbabwe and Namibia in January and February 2026.
The following squads were announced for the tournament.
Afghanistan Coach:
Afghanistan's squad was announced on 8 January 2026, with Mahboob Khan named as the captain of the team.
Mahboob Khan (c) Khalid Ahmadzai Osman Sadat Faisal Khan Uzairullah Niazai Aziz Mia Khil Nazif Amiri Khatir Stanikzai Nooristani Omarzai Abdul Aziz Salam Khan Wahidullah Zadran Zaitullah Shaheen Rohullah Arab Hafeez Zadran Aqil Khan
Hafeez Zadran was ruled out of Afghanistan's squad due to an injury, with Aqil Khan named as his replacement.
Australia Coach: Tim Nielsen
Australia's squad was announced on 11 December 2025, with Oliver Peake named as the captain of the team.
Oliver Peake (c) Kasey Barton Naden Cooray Jayden Draper Ben Gordon Steven Hogan Thomas Hogan John James Charles Lachmund Alex Lee-Young Will Malajczuk Will Byrom Nitesh Samuel Hayden Schiller Aryan Sharma William Taylor
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Bangladesh Coach: Naveed Nawaz
Bangladesh's squad was announced on 2 January 2026, with Azizul Hakim Tamim named as the captain of the team.
Azizul Hakim Tamim (c) Zawad Abrar (vc) Samiun Basir Ratul Shiekh Parvej Jibon Rizan Hossain Shahriar Al Amin Shadhin Islam Md Abdullah Farid Hasan Faisal(wk) Kalam Siddiki Aleen Rifat Beg Saad Islam Razin Al Fahad Shahriar Ahmed Iqbal Hossain Emon
England Coach: Michael Yardy
England's squad was announced on 23 December 2025, with Thomas Rew named as the captain of the team.
Thomas Rew (c) Farhan Ahmed Ralphie Albert Will Bennison Ben Dawkins Caleb Falconer Ali Farooq Alex French Alex Green Luke Hands Manny Lumsden Ben Mayes James Minto Isaac Mohammed Joe Moores Sebastian Morgan On 7 January 2026, Isaac Mohammed was ruled out of England's squad due to an injury, with Will Bennison named as his replacement.
India Coach: Hrishikesh Kanitkar
India's squad was announced on 27 December 2025, with Ayush Mhatre named as the captain of the team.
Ayush Mhatre (c) Vihaan Malhotra (vc) R.S. Ambrish Kanishk Chouhan Deepesh Devendran Mohamed Enaan Aaron George Abhigyan Kundu (wk) Udhav Mohan Henil Patel Khilan A. Patel Harvansh Singh (wk) Kishan Kumar Singh Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Vedant Trivedi
Ireland Coach: Peter Johnston
Ireland's squad was announced on 1 December 2025, with Oliver Riley named as the captain of the team.
Oliver Riley (c) Reuben Wilson (vc) Alex Armstrong Callum Armstrong Marko Bates Sebastian Dijkstra Thomas Ford Samuel Haslett Adam Leckey Febin Manoj Luke Murray Robert O'Brien Freddie Ogilby James West Bruce Whaley
Japan Coach: Reo Sakurano-Thomas
Japan's squad was announced on 10 December 2025, with Kazuma Kato-Stafford named as the captain of the team.
Kazuma Kato-Stafford (c) Charles Hara-Hinze Gabriel Hara-Hinze Montgomery Hara-Hinze Kaisei Kobayashi-Doggett Timothy Moore Skyler Nakayama-Cook Ryuki Ozeki Nihar Parmar Nikhil Pol Chihaya Sekine Hugo Tani-Kelly Sandev Aaryan Waduge Kai Wall Taylor Waugh
New Zealand Coach: Anton Devcich
New Zealand's squad was announced on 20 December 2025, with Tom Jones named as the captain of the team.
Tom Jones (c) Marco Alpe Hugo Bogue Harry Burns Mason Clarke Jacob Cotter Aryan Mann (wk) Brandon Matzopoulos Flynn Morey Snehith Reddy Callum Samson Jaskaran Sandhu Selwin Sanjay Hunter Shore Harry Waite Luke Harrison Harry Waite ruled out of the tournament and he was replaced by Luke Harrison.
Pakistan Coach: Shahid Anwar
Pakistan's squad was announced on 18 December 2025, with Farhan Yousaf named as the captain of the team.
Farhan Yousaf (c) Usman Khan (vc) Abdul Subhan Ahmed Hussain Ali Hasan Baloch Ali Raza Daniyal Ali Khan Hamza Zahoor (wk) Huzaifa Ahsan Momin Qamar Mohammad Sayyam Mohammad Shayan (wk) Niqab Shafiq Sameer Minhas Umar Zaib Abdul Qadir Abdul Qadir was named as a replacement after Mohammed Shayan was ruled out due to a nasal bone fracture.
Scotland Coach: Keegan Russell
Scotland named their squad on 10 December 2025, with Thomas Knight named as the captain of the team.
Thomas Knight (c) Finlay Carter Max Chaplin George Cutler Rory Grant Finlay Jones Ollie Jones Ali Khan Olly Pillinger Ethan Ramsay Theo Robinson Manu Saraswat Shlok Thaker Shreyas Tekale Jake Woodhouse Ram Sharma Ram Sharma replaced Ali Khan, who has ruled out of the tournament with a hand injury.
Sri Lanka Coach: Chamara Silva
Sri Lanka named their squad on 1 January 2026, with Vimath Dinsara named as the captain of the team.
Vimath Dinsara (c) Kavija Gamage (vc) Vigneshwaran Akash Viran Chamuditha Chamika Heentigala Adam Hilmy (wk) Dimantha Mahavithana Kugathas Mathulan Chamarindu Nethsara Rasith Nimsara Sethmika Seneviratne Dulnith Siger Malintha Silva Jeewantha Sriram Senuja Wekunagoda
South Africa Coach: Malibongwe Maketa
South Africa named their squad on 5 December 2025, with Muhammad Bulbulia named as the captain of the team.
Muhammad Bulbulia (c) JJ Basson Daniel Bosman Corne Botha Paul James Enathi Khitshini Michael Kruiskamp Adnaan Lagadien Bayanda Majola Armaan Manack Bandile Mbatha Lethabo Phahlamohlaka Jason Rowles Ntandoyenkosi Soni Jorich van Schalkwyk
Tanzania Coach: Imran Nackerdien
Tanzania's squad was announced on 8 January 2026, with Laksh Bakrania named as the captain of the team.
Laksh Bakrania (c) Karim Kiseto Hamza Ally Khalidy Amiri Alfred Daniel Raymond Francis Ally Hafidhi Darpan Jobanputra Agustino Mwamele Abdulazak Mohamedi Acrey Pascal (wk) Omary Ramadhani (wk) Ayaan Shariff Mohammedi Simba Dylan Thakrar Rehaan Ahtif Dylan Thakrar was ruled out of the tournament after sustaining an injury to his left middle finger, and replced by Rehaan Ahtif.
United States Coach:
United States' squad was announced on 8 January 2026, with Utkarsh Srivastava named as the captain of the team.
Utkarsh Srivastava (c) Ritvik Appidi Amogh Reddy Arepally Sahir Bhatia Sahil Garg Amrinder Gill Adnit Jhamb Adit Kappa Advaith Krishna Arjun Mahesh Sabrish Prasad Shiv Shani Rishabh Shimpi Nitish Sudini Rayaan Taj
West Indies Coach: Rohan Nurse
West Indies named their squad on 17 December 2025, with Joshua Dorne named as the captain of the team.
Joshua Dorne (c) Jewel Andrew Shamar Apple Shaquan Belle Zachary Carter Tanez Francis R'jai Gittens Vitel Lawes Micah McKenzie Matthew Miller Isra-el Morton Jakeem Pollard Aadian Racha Kunal Tilokani Jonathan Van Lange
Zimbabwe Coach: Elton Chigumbura
Zimbabwe named their squad on 10 December 2025, with Simbarashe Mudzengerere named as the captain of the team.
Simbarashe Mudzengerere (c) Kian Blignaut Michael Blignaut Leeroy Chiwaula Tatenda Chimugoro Nathaniel Hlabangana Takudzwa Makoni Panashe Mazai Webster Madhidhi Shelton Mazvitorera Kupakwashe Muradzi Brandon Ndiweni Dhruv Patel Brendon Senzere Benny Zuze
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