For the forthcoming away Under-19 series against Australia later this year, India has kept a number of important players, including captain Ayush Mhatre, vice-captain Vihaan Malhotra, and dynamic opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who just returned from a successful tour of England.
Starting with the first limited-overs match on September 21, India will play the Australian U-19 team in three one-day matches and two four-day matches, with the last day of the tour on October 10.
“The Junior Selection Committee has picked India U19’s squad for the upcoming tour of Australia in September. The India U19 side will play three one-day games and two multi-day matches against Australia’s U19 side,” said BCCI secretary Devajot Saikia in a statement on Wednesday.
While the two Youth Test matches ended in draws, the India U-19 team just returned from a tour of England where they defeated the hosts 3-2 in the Youth ODIs.
With hundreds from Suryavanshi and Vihaan, India’s top order was instrumental in the visitors winning the one-day series. They posted a massive 363 after batting first in the key fourth match in Worcester.
Five standby players have also been named by the junior selection committee.
Schedule: (one-day series) September 21, 24 and 26. Four-day games: September 30-October 3 and October 7-10
India U19 squad: Ayush Mhatre (c), Vihaan Malhotra (vc), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vedant Trivedi, Rahul Kumar, Abhigyan Kundu (wk), Harvansh Singh (wk), R S Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Naman Pushpak, Henil Patel, D Deepesh, Kishan Kumar, Anmoljeet Singh, Khilan Patel, Udhav Mohan, Aman Chauhan
Standby players: Yudhajit Guha, Laxman, B.K. Kishore, Alankrith Rapole, and Arnav Bugga
