Promising batsman Uday Saharan will lead defending champions India within the ACC Males’s Underneath-19 Asia Cup to be performed within the UAE from December 8. Saharan, a 19-year-old cricketer from Punjab, has been on the choice radar for some time and he was additionally drafted in as a back-up participant after the Indian squad was hit by Covid throughout final yr’s Underneath-19 World Cup in Antigua. Saumy Kumar Pandey was named as vice-captain of the 15-member aspect. India are probably the most profitable group within the U19 Asia Cup having gained the title eight instances.
India are grouped with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal within the match. They’ll start the marketing campaign with a match in opposition to the Afghans on December 8 on the ICC Academy Oval-1.
In a much-anticipated match, India will lock horns with Pakistan on December 10 on the similar venue, and of their last group match, they’ll face Nepal on December 12.
The ultimate is scheduled to be performed on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium on December 17.
India U19 squad: Uday Saharan (Captain), Saumy Kumar Pandey (vice-captain), Arshin Kulkarni, Adarsh Singh, Rudra Mayur Patel, Sachin Dhas, Priyanshu Moliya, Musheer Khan, Dhanush Gowda, Avinash Rao (wk), M Abhishek, Innesh Mahajan (wk), Aardhya Shukla, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari.
Travelling reserves: Prem Devkar, Ansh Gosai, Mohammad Aman.
Non-travelling reserves: Digvijay Patil, Jayant Goyat, P Vignesh, Kiran Chormale.
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