The Indian cricket team for the Under-19 Men's World Cup has been announced. BCCI has released the team of 15 players on Tuesday. The junior selection committee has chosen Uday Saharan as the captain. The tournament will be played between 19 January and 11 February across 5 venues in South Africa, with a total of 41 matches.
Apart from 15 selected players, 3 standby players have also been included in the Indian team. Not only this, there are also 4 extra reserve players. Reserve players will not go to South Africa with the team.
Uday Saharan of Punjab has been given the captaincy of the team. Whereas, Soumya Pandey of Madhya Pradesh will be the vice-captain of the team. The selection committee has selected talents from across the country. Of these, two are players from Maharashtra and two from Hyderabad. One player each from other states is included.
Saharan is also captaining India in the Under-19 Asia Cup, which is being played in UAE from December 8. The final of the tournament will be held on December 17.
This year the Under-19 World Cup will be organized in a new format. 16 teams will participate in 4 groups. The top 3 teams of the group will qualify for Super-6. In Super 6, two groups of 6 teams each will be formed. There will be a semi-final between the top two teams of both the groups and the final match will be played between the two winning countries.
| Team | Groups |
|---|---|
| India | Groups A |
| Bangladesh | Groups A |
| Ireland | Groups A |
| United States America | Groups A |
| Australia | Groups B |
| Sri Lanka | Groups B |
| Zimbabwe | Groups B |
| Nimbia | Groups B |
| England | Groups C |
| South Africa | Groups C |
| West Indies | Groups C |
| Scotland | Groups C |
| Afghanistan | Groups D |
| Pakistan | Groups D |
| New Zealand | Groups D |
| Nepal | Groups D |
This tournament has been played 14 times so far, in which India is the current champion. The team will go out to save the trophy. The Indian team last won the Under-19 World Cup in 2020. India has the most number of men's under-19 titles (5). Australia has won the tournament 3 times and Pakistan 2 times. Whereas Bangladesh, South Africa, West Indies and England have won one title each. Top teams like Sri Lanka and New Zealand have been able to become runners-up only once each.
Arshin Kulkarni, Adarsh Singh, Rudra Mayur Patel, Sachin Das Priyanshu Molia, Musheer Khan, Uday Saharan (captain), Aravelli Avnish Rao, Soumya Kumar Pandey (VC), Murugan Abhishek, Inesh Mahajan (wk), Dhanush Gowda, Aaradhya Shukla, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari
Stand by Player: Prem Devkar, Ansh Gosain, Mohd. Aman
Reserve Player: Digvijay Patil, Jayant Goyat, P Vignesh, Kiran Chormale
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