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)