Defending champions India made it to the semis on the back of a thumping 74-run win over Australia in the quarterfinals, while Pakistan beat sub continent rivals Afghanistan in the other quarterfinals.
It will be for the 10th time that the fierce rivals will clash against each other at the marquee event with Pakistan hold the edge with five wins in the previous nine encounters.However, India have won the last three encounters between the sides at the showpiece event.
Pakistan skipper Rohail Nazir won the toss and elected to bat first against India at the Senwes Park in Potchefstroom. Both the teams have fielded an unchanged team for the semifinal.
Rohail Nazir: This is the semi-final and we have to make a mark. It's a game against India and we both really are looking forward to it. Hopefully we will have a good match and we are playing the same team.
Priyam Garg: I'm actually looking forward to bowl first. There is lot of hype among the fans. No changes for us, we are playing the same team that played against Australia.
Here are the playing eleven for India and Pakistan
Pakistan U19 (Playing XI): Haider Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Rohail Nazir(w/c), Fahad Munir, Qasim Akram, Mohammad Haris, Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Tahir Hussain, Aamir Ali, Mohammad Amir Khan
India U19 (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Divyansh Saxena, Tilak Varma, Priyam Garg(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Siddhesh Veer, Atharva Ankolekar, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh