Mumbai prodigy Prithvi Shaw to lead India in U19 World Cup
India’s squad for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018 has been released by the All-India Junior Selection Committee revealing that Mumbai’s Prithvi Shaw will lead the side. After losing to West Indies in the final. last year in Bangladesh, the young guns would be hoping to go all the way this time.
India U19 team for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018 announced
The All-India Junior Selection Committee has picked the India U19 team for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018. The 16-team event will be held in New Zealand from 13th January to 3rd February 2018. India
The India U-19 team is as follows:
Prithvi Shaw (Captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Manjot Kalra, Himanshu Rana, Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Aryan Juyal (wicket-keeper),
The list of standby players is as below-
1. Om Bhosle
2. Rahul Chahar
3. Ninad Rathva
4. Urvil Patel
5. Aditya Thakare
A preparatory camp will be held in Bengaluru from Dec 8-22, 2017. Mumbai's Shaw and Bengal's Porel have been permitted to join their respective Ranji Trophy sides for the quarterfinal stage and will join the camp on 12th December.