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India will be captained by Prithvi Shaw and coached by Rahul Dravid | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre Where is it being played? When is India playing? Here's all you need to know The 12 edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup gets underway in various venues in New Zealand starting on Saturday. The opening day of the 2018 edition – the third time New Zealand are hosting the tournament – features four games, with the hosts taking on defending champions West Indies. The concept of such a tournament took shape 30 years ago, in Australia, when it was called the Youth World Cup. It returned after a ten-year break and from then on it has been referred to as the U-19 World Cup, held every two years. Format The 16 teams have been divided into four groups of four teams each. All teams in each group will play each other once. The top two from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals. The top four will qualify for the semi-finals. The final will be played on February 3 at Mount Maunganui. ...

While the Indian cricket team fans will look forward to Virat Kohli and co's tours of South Africa, England and Australia, the football fans will have their plans chalked out for the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia. If that's not enough, there will be Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and much more in 2018. Here's your one-stop guide of schedule of some of the biggest sporting events this year:- A bumper year is in store for all sports fans as 2018 will see Russia host the biggest extravaganza: The football World Cup. Asian Games, Hockey World Cup and CWG too should keep you hooked if you are a lover of sport. Starting with cricket, after a year of dominating performances in home season, year 2018 promises to be the acid Test for Virat Kohli and boys. First India's tour of South Africa January 5 to February 24 3 Tests, 6 ODIs and 3 T20Is Under-19 World Cup January 13 to February 5  New Zealand India's tour of England July 3 to Sep...