India will host the Afghanistan Under-19 side in a tri-series between November 17-30 at the Centre of Excellence Ground in Bengaluru. The other two teams to take part in the series will be India U-19 A and U-19 B.

The tri-series will start with a match between India U-19 A and India U-19 B, and all sides will face each other twice in the league phase of the competition.

For Afghanistan U-19, the series will follow a tour of Bangladesh where it will play five ODIs after a conditioning camp.

In a media release on the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) website, CEO Naseed Khan said, “The ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup is approaching, and we have been preparing our team for this event for the past two to three months through various phases of rigorous training and preparation camps in Khost and Nangarhar provinces. These preparation camps are complemented by international tours, including a five-match series in Bangladesh and this upcoming Tri-Series in India.”