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U19 World Cup One by one all the countries are announcing their teams. Next year, the Under 19 World Cup is to be played in Namibia and Zimbabwe, for which India can also announce its team after the Under 19 Asia Cup. Countries like Australia and Japan have selected their teams. A new history has been created after the announcement of Japan’s U19 World Cup team. Three brothers have got a place in Japan’s World Cup team. This means that all three brothers will be seen playing together for their country in the Under-19 World Cup.
This will happen in cricket after 51 years
This seems to be only the second instance of three brothers making a place in the World Cup team at any level in cricket history. This has happened for the first time in the history of Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The last time three brothers got a place in the New Zealand team for the 1975 ODI World Cup. Then Richard Hadlee, Barry Hadlee and Dale Hadlee got a chance to play the World Cup together for New Zealand. Now after 51 years, in 2026, if not at the senior level, but in the World Cup to be played at the Under-19 level, three Japanese cricketer brothers will be seen together in the same team.
These 3 brothers created history
Japan has announced its 15-member team for the Under-19 World Cup 2026. The names of the three cricketer brothers who have been selected in the Japan team are Montgomery Hara Heinz, Gabriel Hara Heinz and Charles Hara Heinz. Charles is the eldest brother among these three.
Japan in Group A of U19 World Cup 2026
Japan team has been placed in Group A of the Under-19 World Cup 2026. Apart from Japan, there are three other teams in this group – Australia, Sri Lanka and Ireland. The Japan team will leave for Africa on January 5, where it will play a warm-up match against Tanzania on January 10. On January 12, it will face West Indies in the second warm-up match.