Mumbai, July 30: India have retained several key players, including skipper Ayush Mhatre, vice-captain Vihaan Malhotra and charismatic opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi – fresh from a successful tour of England – for the upcoming away Under-19 series against Australia later this year.
India will play three one-dayers and two four-day games, starting on September 21. The tour will end 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 Devajit Saikia in a statement on Wednesday.
India U-19 squad: Ayush Mhatre (c), Vihaan Malhotra (vc), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 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. (PTI)