Delhi's Unmukt Chand was on Tuesday selected as captain of the India cricket team, which would compete in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Australia next month.The All India Junior Selection Committee met on Tuesday and picked a 15-member squad, which has only change as Prashant Chopra made his way back to the squad after missing out on the recent Junior Asia Cup.
The selectors left out wicket-keeper Sanju Samson Vishwanath from the squad, which was joint winner along with Pakistan in the Asia Cup.
Meanwhile The Cricket Australia Youth Selection Panel (YSP) today announced the final 15-player squad for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012
The tournament will be held in Queensland in August. The 2012 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup squad will be out to retain the crown won by the Mitchell Marsh led team in New Zealand two years ago, aiming to make it Australia’s fourth title as the pinnacle event for youth cricket.
It will be the second time Australia has hosted the tournament, since the inaugural event in 1988, with the 2012 competition to be held in Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Townsville with Australia’s campaign officially getting underway against rival England on 11 August.
The ICC U19 Cricket World Cup final will be played on 26 August at Tony Ireland Stadium.
Prior to the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, Australia will play Pakistan in a head-to-head series on the Gold Coast.
India squad for ICC U-19 World Cup:
Unmukt Chand (Captain),Akshdeep Nath (Vice Captain),Manan Vohra,Akhil Herwadkar,Vijay Zol,Sandipan Das,B. Aparajith,Prashant Chopra,Sandeep Sharma,Kamal Passi,Rush Kalaria,Mohsin Sayyed,Smit Patel (wk),Harmeet Singh,Vikas Mishra
The Australia U19 World Cup squad:
Ashton Agar (VIC),Cameron Bancroft (WA),William Bosisto (WA),Meyrick Buchanan (VIC),Harry Conway (NSW),Sam Hain (QLD),Travis Head (SA),Joel Paris (WA),Kurtis Patterson (NSW),James Peirson (QLD),Gurinder Sandhu (NSW),Mark Steketee (QLD),Nicholas Stevens (QLD),Ashton Turner (WA),Jack Wildermuth (QLD)
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