BCCI have announced that the U19 Men’s Quadrangular tournament in India in September 2018 will be held from Sep 12th – 18th, 2018 in Lucknow instead of Kolkata as earlier speculated in the media, prior to U19 ACC (Asian Cricket Council) Asia Cup scheduled to take place in Sep/Oct 2018 in Bangladesh. The tournament will be played in the 50-overs format.
U19 team’s from Afghanistan and Nepal will take part in the tournament as a lead-up to ACC U19 Asia Cup. All 5 Full members in the region (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan) along with non-full members, Nepal, Hong Kong and UAE will form the 8-nation U19 Asia Cup.
BCCI’s Junior Selection Committee have announced the squads for India U19 “A” and “B” team’s, that will participate in the tournament.
India U19 “A” Squad:
Pavan Shah (Captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Prab Simran Sing, Yash Rathod, Ayush Badoni, Nehal Wadhera, Siddharth Desai, Harsh Tyagi, Ajay Dev Goud, Yatin Mangwani, Mohit Jangra, Sameer Choudhary & Rajesh Mohanty
India U19 “B” Squad:
Vedant Murkar (Captain), Thakur Tilak Verma, Qamran Iqbal, Vamsi Krishna, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Rishab Chouhan, Siddhant Rana, Sayan Kumar Biswas, Shubhang Hegde, Rizvi Sameer, Pankaj Yadav, Akash Singh, Ashok Sandhu, Aayush Singh, Nitish Reddy, Sabir Khan, Sahil Raj & Rajvardhan Hangargekar
While Nepal U19 defeated India U19 in the previous edition of the U19 Asia Cup in Malaysia in 2017, Afghanistan U19 beat Pakistan U19 twice en-route to winning the Asia Cup trophy. The tournament brought many accolades for Afghanistan’s Mujeeb ur Rahman and Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane.
U19 Quadrangular Schedule:
Sep 12th, 2018:
India U-19 "A" vs Afghanistan U-19, Lucknow
Nepal U-19 vs India U-19 "B", Lucknow
Sep 14th, 2018:
Nepal U-19 vs India U-19 "A", Lucknow
India U-19 "B" vs Afghanistan U-19, Lucknow
Sep 16th, 2018:
India U-19 "A" vs India U-19 "B", Lucknow
Nepal U-19 vs Afghanistan U-19, Lucknow
Sep 18th, 2018
Team 1st vs Team 2nd, Lucknow
3rd/4th Play-off, Lucknow
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
