Ashok Maneria to lead India under-19 by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:

Harpreet Singh

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DateLine: 14th March 2009

 

The BCCI's junior selection committee announced an Under-19 squad to tour Australia for three one-dayers and two tests next month. Ashok Maneria of Rajasthan has been appointed as the skipper of the India under-19 for the tour of Australia which will commence from April fourth. He will be replacing Virat Kohli under whom India won the World Cup last year. Harpreet Singh of Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association has been appointed as his deputy while Sufian Sheikh of Mumbai will don the gloves.

 

The sides will play two one-day matches in Hobart on April 7 and April 9 before meeting for the first Test at the same venue between April 11 and 13. Then they will head to Perth for the third one-dayer on April 17 followed by the second test from April 19 to 21.

 

Squad : Ashok Maneria (capt, Rajasthan), Harpreet Singh (MPCA), Mukul Dagar (Haryana), Mayhank Agarwal (KSCA), Karun Nair (KSCA), Mandeep Singh (Punjab CA), Manan Sharma (DDCA), Sufian Sheikh (wk, Mumbai), Avi Barath (Gujarat CA), Saurav Netravalkar (Mumbai CA), Harshal Patel (Gujarat CA), Krishna Das (Assam CA), Jaidev Unadkad (Saurashtra CA), Gagandeep Singh (UPCA), Gaurav Jathar (Mumbai CA), Kundan Singh (Jharkhand CA)