Published: Nov 06, 2015, 01:02 PM (IST)
Edited: Nov 06, 2015, 01:02 PM (IST)
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) on Thursday announced a list of 20 probables for its Under-19 team that will play a tri-series against Bangladesh and Afghanistan from November 20 to 30. Board of Control for Cricket in India’s Junior National Selection Committee met earlier in the day to select the probables. The series will be played in Kolkata. List of India U-19 probables: Ricky Bhui, Himanshu Rana, Rishab Pant, Ishan Kishan, Washinton Sunder, Sarfaraz Khan, Amandeep Khare, Virat Singh, Mahipal Lomror, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Dagar, Pradeep Pramanik, Shubham Nayak, Zaashan Ansari, Khaleel Ahmed, Kanishk Sheth, Avesh Khan, Rahul Batham, Izhan Sayeed, Shubham Mavi. READ: Sachin Tendulkar: Destiny of Indo-Pak series lies in the hands of the respective
The India Under-19 team will be coached by Rahul Dravid, who was handed the responsibility earlier this year. He is also the India A coach as well. Under Dravid’s watch he won his first couple of silverware when India won the unofficial Test series against South Africa A and the tri-series comprising of Australia A and South Africa A as well. READ: BCCI aim to develop cricket in North East India
India are all set to play the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, which will be held in Bangladesh between January 22 to February 14 2016. Last time the tournament was hosted in Bangladesh was in 2004. This will be Dravid’s first big assignment as the Under-19 coach will hope to achieve success just like he did with the India A side. A total of 16 teams will participate in the tournament, which include 10 full members and six associate members.
