Afghanistan U-19 cricketers have left India for Singapore to play six matches in battle for place in 2018 World Cup.

They will face Malaysia, Singapore and Nepal for the one day matches, each for two times. The tournament will begin on coming Monday and will end on 25th July.

Ahead of the event, the team trained in the Indian city of Chennai.

The 2018 U-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand will be contested by 16 teams, 11 of which qualified automatically.

Afghanistan U-19 have played four World Cups with their best performance in 2014, where they secured seventh position.