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Summary Pakistan will take on India in the quarterfinal of Under-19 World Cup Cricket today.
The match between the arch rivals will start at 4:30am PST at Townsville in Australia. The green shirts will enter the match having better record against their rivals. During six previous encounters Pakistan beat India in five contests and lost just once.First encounter between Pak-India juniors took place on March 2, 1988 in the Youth World Cup and Pakistan registered 67 runs victory against Indian juniors.In 1998, the event started with a new name – Under-19 World Cup. Pak-India match was played on January 19, 1998 in which India beat Pakistan by five wickets.Pakistan defeated India by two wickets in 2002 encounter 31 January. Pakistan and India faced each other again in U-19 World Cup on 29 February 2004 in which green shirts beat their rivals by five wickets.Pakistan and India played the final of 2006 U-19 World Cup where green shirts beat Indians by 38 runs to wins the title. In 2010 encounter Pakistan defeated India by two wickets.
