Under 19 India team to play tri-series ahead of WC in SA

The India Men's U19 team will participate in a tri-series, featuring South Africa Men’s U19 and Afghanistan U19 ahead of the ICC Men’s U19 World Cup in South Africa, according to BCCI.

The tri-series will be played at the Old Edwardians Cricket Club, Johannesburg and will witness each team playing each other twice.

India U19 will kickstart their campaign against Afghanistan U19 on 29 December 2023 before taking on South Africa U19 on 2 January 2024. The final will be played on January 10, 2024.

India U19 squad for tri-series and ICC Men’s U19 World Cup:Arshin Kulkarni (Maharashtra Cricket Association), Adarsh Singh (Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association), Rudra Mayur Patel (Gujarat Cricket Association), Sachin Dhas (Maharashtra Cricket Association), Priyanshu Moliya (Baroda Cricket Association), Musheer Khan (Mumbai Cricket Association), Uday Saharan (C) (Punjab Cricket Association).

Aravelly Avanish Rao (WK) (Hyderabad Cricket Association), Saumy Kumar Pandey (VC) (Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association), Murugan Abhishek (Hyderabad Cricket Association), Innesh Mahajan (WK) (Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association), Dhanush Gowda (Karnataka State Cricket Association), Aaradhya Shukla (Punjab Cricket Association), Raj Limbani (Baroda Cricket Association), and Naman Tiwari (Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association).

Traveling standby players for tri-series:Prem Devkar (Mumbai Cricket Association), Ansh Gosai (Saurashtra Cricket Association), Mohammad Amaan (Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association).

Backup players:Digvijay Patil (Maharashtra Cricket Association), Jayanth Goyat (Haryana Cricket Association), P Vignesh (Tamil Nadu Cricket Association), Kiran Chormale (Maharashtra Cricket Association).(UNI)