India U-19 tour of England: Ayush Mhatre to captain, 14-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi named in 16-member squad | Cricket News

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre

The Junior Cricket Committee has named 17-year-old Mumbai opener Ayush Mhatre captain of the India U-19 group for the upcoming tour of England.The tour includes a 50-over warm-up match, adopted by a five-match Youth One-Day sequence and two multi-day matches towards England U-19.The 16-member squad additionally consists of 14-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who has lit up the Indian Premier League (IPL) along with his swashbuckling batting.In seven outings for the Rajasthan Royals, Sooryavanshi has scored 252 runs with a strike charge of 206.56.Sooryavanshi, who solely turned 14 final month and was signed ultimately 12 months’s public sale for Rs 1.1 crore, turned the youngest participant to function in the IPL earlier in April and made a right away influence by hitting his first ball for six on his debut. Since then, the 14-year-old prodigy has smoked a 35-ball century, a 15-ball 40, adopted by a matured 33-ball 57 in Royals’ six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in New Delhi.Meanwhile, Mhatre, too, has had a powerful season. In six innings for CSK, Mhatre has amassed 206 runs, together with a 48-ball 94 towards Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in a dropping trigger.

At the beginning of the event, neither Mhatre nor Sooryavanshi have been in competition to play. They bought their probabilities courtesy of accidents to their respective captains. Fourteen-year-old Sooryavanshi bought the prospect solely as a result of Rajasthan Royals’ skipper Sanju Samson bought injured. Mhatre, 17, was roped in by CSK in place of the injured Ruturaj Gaikwad.Who’s that IPL participant?India U19 Squad: Ayush Mhatre (Captain), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra, Maulyarajsinh Chavda, Rahul Kumar, Abhigyan Kundu (Vice-Captain & WK), Harvansh Singh (WK), R S Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan Patel, Henil Patel, Yudhajit Guha, Pranav Raghavendra, Mohammed Enaan, Aditya Rana, Anmoljeet SinghStandby Players: Naman Pushpak, D Deepesh, Vedant Trivedi, Vikalp Tiwari, Alankrith Rapole (WK)ScheduleJune 24: 50-over warm-up match (Loughborough University)June 27: 1st ODI (Hove)June 30: 2nd ODI (Northampton)July 2: third ODI (Northampton)July 5: 4th ODI (Worcester)July 7: fifth ODI (Worcester)July 12-15: 1st Multi-Day (Beckenham)July 20-23: 2nd Multi-Day (Chelmsford)