Before an all important T20 match between India and West Indies that brings Lucknow on International map, Lucknowites can enjoy the thrills of the U19 tournament. BCCI has announced that an U19 Quadrangular tournament will be held in Lucknow’e Ekana International stadium from 12- 18 September.
The Junior selection committee named the India A and India B team that will contest for the title. Other two teams are of Nepal U19 and Afghanistan U19.
Squads for U19 Quadrangular tournament
India U19 A:
Pavan Shah (Captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat (wicket-keeper), Prab Simran Singh (wicket-keeper), Yash Rathod, Ayush Badoni, Nehal Wadhera, Siddharth Desai, Harsh Tyagi, Ajay Dev Goud, Yatin Mangwani, Mohit Jangra, Sameer Choudhary, Rajesh Mohanty
India U19 B:
Vedant Murkar (Captain & wicket-keeper), Thakur Tilak Verma, Qamran Iqbal, Vamsi Krishna, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Rishab Chouhan, Siddhant Rana, Sayan Kumar Biswas (wicket-keeper), Shubhang Hegde, Rizvi Sameer, Pankaj Yadav, Akash Singh, Ashok Sandhu, Aayush Singh, Nitish Reddy, Sabir Khan, Sahil Raj, Rajvardhan Hangargekar.
Afghanistan U19 Squad:
Sadiqullah (Captain), Riaz Hassan, Abid Mohammadi, Ijaz, Farhan, Basir Khan, Mohammad Hassan, Abdullah, Mohammad Ishaq, Abdul Rahman, Usman Ghani, Samiullah, Naveed Ahmad, Naveed Khan & Zakiullah
Nepal U19 Squad:
Mahamad Asif Sheikh (Captain), Trit Raj Das, Ravi Shah, Bipin Rawal, Lokesh Bam, Rit Gautam, Pawan Sarraf, Kishor Mahato, Rasid Khan, Bhim Sharki, Kamal Singh Airee, Sundeep Jora, Sagar Dhakal, Arun Airee & Mohamad Samsad Alam.
Schedule for U19 Quadrangular tournament
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Date |
Match |
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12th September |
Ind U19 A vs Afg U19 |
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Ind U19 B vs Nepal U19 |
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14th September |
Ind U19 A vs Nepal U19 |
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Ind U19 B vs Afg U19 |
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16th September |
Ind U19 A vs Ind U19 B |
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Afg U19 vs Nepal U19 |
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18th September |
Final (Team 1 vs Team 2) |
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3rd place match (Team 3 vs Team 4) |
Team 1 will be the one which will top the points table and team 2 will be the second on points table.
What to expect
Nepal and Afghanistan are lower ranked teams when it comes to International cricket in senior devision but it is not the case in the junior or U19 circuits. Nepal recently created history by beating India in the U19 Asia Cup in Malaysia and Afghanistan went on to win the title by pipping Pakistan in the finals.
The two nations have almost fielded the same teams for the tournament that featured in U19 Asia Cup which will make this battle more than interesting. Both Indian teams will get the home support from the loud Lucknow crowd and they will be eager to win the title at their den.
