The Honorary Secretary of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Jay Shah, on Friday, December 23, announced that India U-19 will start the preparation for the Men's U-19 World Cup with a triangular series against South Africa U-19 and Afghanistan U-19 in South Africa. The Men's U-19 World Cup will be held in South Africa next year and India will start their preparation starting December 29, when they face Afghanistan U-19 in the opener and then go on to face hosts South Africa U-19 on January 2, 2024. The three sides will face each other twice at the venue of Old Edwardians Cricket Club, Johannesburg.
Below is the list of fixtures of India U-19:
|
S.No. |
Date |
Opponent |
Venue |
|
1 |
December 29, 2023 |
Afghanistan |
Old Edwardians Cricket Club |
|
2 |
January 2, 2024 |
South Africa |
Old Edwardians Cricket Club |
|
3 |
January 4, 2024 |
Afghanistan |
Old Edwardians Cricket Club |
|
4 |
January 6, 2024 |
South Africa |
Old Edwardians Cricket Club |
Below is the list of the squad for U-19 triangular series and Men's U-19 World Cup:
|
NO |
NAME |
ASSOCIATION |
|
1 |
Arshin Kulkarni |
Maharashtra Cricket Association |
|
2 |
Adarsh Singh |
Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association |
|
3 |
Rudra Mayur Patel |
Gujarat Cricket Association |
|
4 |
Sachin Dhas |
Maharashtra Cricket Association |
|
5 |
Priyanshu Moliya |
Baroda Cricket Association |
|
6 |
Musheer Khan |
Mumbai Cricket Association |
|
7 |
Uday Saharan (C) |
Punjab Cricket Association |
|
8 |
Aravelly Avanish Rao (WK) |
Hyderabad Cricket Association |
|
9 |
Saumy Kumar Pandey (VC) |
Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association |
|
10 |
Murugan Abhishek |
Hyderabad Cricket Association |
|
11 |
Innesh Mahajan (WK) |
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association |
|
12 |
Dhanush Gowda |
Karnataka State Cricket Association |
|
13 |
Aaradhya Shukla |
Punjab Cricket Association |
|
14 |
Raj Limbani |
Baroda Cricket Association |
|
15 |
Naman Tiwari |
Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association |
|
Traveling standby players for tri-series |
||
|
1 |
Prem Devkar |
Mumbai Cricket Association |
|
2 |
Ansh Gosai |
Saurashtra Cricket Association |
|
3 |
Md. Amaan |
Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association |
Below is the list of the back-up players waiting in the wings:
- Digvijay Patil (Maharashtra Cricket Association)
- Jayanth Goyat (Haryana Cricket Association)
- P Vignesh (Tamil Nadu Cricket Association)
- Kiran Chormale (Maharashtra Cricket Association)