Bangladesh will face Afghanistan in their first match of the Men鈥檚 Under-19 Asia Cup in one of the two opening day matches in the United Arab Emirates on November 29.聽
In their other matches of the four-team Group B, holders Bangladesh will play against Nepal and Sri Lanka in Sharjah on December 1 and 3 respectively.
Group A features India, Pakistan, UAE and Japan as the Asian Cricket Council announced the tournament fixtures on Friday.
In the group stage, each team will face the other once and the top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals, to be played on December 6.
The final is scheduled to be held at the Dubai International Stadium on December 8.
All the matches will be held in the Sharjah and Dubai stadium.
Bangladesh clinched their maiden title when they thrashed UAE by 195 runs in the final of the in 2023.