Son of this cricketer playing in the Under-19 World Cup. (Photo- Alex Davidson-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)
U19 World Cup 2026: The exciting start of the Under-19 World Cup 2026 has started. This tournament is being organized jointly in Zimbabwe and Namibia, which will run from 15 January to 6 February. Many exciting matches were seen on the first day of the tournament, although Zimbabwe’s match against Scotland was canceled due to rain. In this mega event, two players have attracted everyone’s attention. Actually, both these players are twin brothers and their father has also played international cricket.
Son of this cricketer playing in Under-19 World Cup
A special thing in this mega event is that Michael and Kian Blignaut, twin sons of former Zimbabwe all-rounder Andy Blignaut, are also part of the Zimbabwe Under-19 team. These two 17 year old brothers are known for creating havoc with both bat and ball. Let us tell you, Zimbabwe team is in Group C, where it will face England, Pakistan and Scotland. All group matches will be played at Takashinga Cricket Club in Harare. Where these twin brothers can play an important role for the team.
Let us tell you, Andy Blignaut played 74 international matches for Zimbabwe during his time and also participated in the 2003 World Cup. He was famous as an explosive batsman and fast bowler. Now his sons are preparing to carry forward this legacy. Kiyan is an emerging batsman, who played a brilliant innings against Scotland on his List A debut, on the other hand, Michael has performed well even while batting lower down the order. He has also scored half-centuries against South Africa and Pakistan Under-19 teams.
Such was the career of Andy Blignaut
Andy Blignaut has played 19 Tests, 54 ODIs and 1 T20 match for Zimbabwe. During this period, he took 53 wickets in Tests and 50 wickets in ODIs. At the same time, with the bat he scored 886 runs in Test, 626 runs in ODI and 8 runs in T20. He played international cricket for Zimbabwe for almost 10 years and played many memorable innings. Along with this, he has also been a model. Apart from this, he also made a lot of headlines due to a controversy in the year 2005. He withdrew from selection in the Zimbabwe team after the home series against New Zealand and India in 2005 because he was not paid match fees.