Pakistan to defend Asia Cup Rising Stars title with Abdul Samad as captain

Pakistan will defend its Asia Cup Rising Stars title with Abdul Samad as captain. The squad is in Group B with India A, Nepal and UAE.

India A named a 15-man squad on November 2. Tilak Varma captains, Rajat Patidar is his deputy. Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Rinku Singh are in the batting group; Prabhsimran Singh and Kumar Kushagra keep wicket. Harshit Rana, Prince Yadav and Arshad Khan form the pace attack.

India A will play in Doha. The top two from each group reach the semi-finals, with the final on November 29.