New Delhi. The Under-19 World Cup is going to be held in 2024, before which the Indian team has started making big preparations. Before the World Cup, Team India has to play a tri-series with South Africa and Afghanistan. For this, the team has also been announced by BCCI. Uday Saharan has been given the responsibility of captaining Team India for this series. With this, Soumi Kumar Pandey has been made the Vice Captain. Talking about the start of this series, Team India will play its first match against Afghanistan on 29th December. This series is considered very important because Team India is considered one of the strongest contenders for the World Cup. In such a situation, this series is very important to test the preparations.
For information, let us tell you that South Africa, India and Afghanistan are going to play 2-2 matches against each other. Talking about Team India’s second match, it will be against South Africa on January 2, 2024. After this, in the third match on January 4, Team India will once again face Afghanistan. The fourth match will be played between India and South Africa on 6 January. The final match of this tri-series will be played on January 10. According to the schedule, all the matches of this tri-series will be played at the Old Edwardian Cricket Club A ground in Johannesburg. This ground is known for its fast pitch. There will be a lot of help for fast bowlers here.
Apart from this, BCCI has also given place to some players as reserves in Team India for the series. Ansh Gosai, Mohammad Aman, Prem Deokar have been kept among the three traveling reserve players. Along with this, backup players have also been kept in Team India in which 4 players are Kiran Chormale, Jayant Goyal, Digvijay Patil and KP Vignesh.
Under-19 Team India for Tri Series
Uday Saharan (captain), Aravali Avnish Rao (wicketkeeper), Soumi Kumar Pandey (vice-captain), Arshin Kulkarni, Adarsh Singh, Rudra Mayur Patel, Sachin Das, Priyanshu Moliya, Musheer Khan, Murugan Abhishek, Inesh Mahajan (wicketkeeper), Dhanush Gowda. , Aaradhya Shukla, Raj Limbani, Naman Tiwari.
Traveling Reserve Players
Prem Deokar, Ansh Gosai, Mohd Aman
backup players
Digvijay Patil, Jayant Goyal, P Vignesh, Kiran Chormale