The 18-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Chand Jurel will lead the India U19 side in the upcoming Youth Asia Cup 2019. Sri Lanka will host this tournament from 3rd to 15th September 2019.
On Monday (29th July), the All-India Junior Selection committee picked up the 15-member India U19 team for the forthcoming Youth Asia Cup.
At present, the India U19 cricket team is busy in England for the ODI tri-series. The hosts England and Bangladesh are also participating in this series. The 18-year-old Priyam Garg is leading this junior Indian side who are currently the table-topper (five points). After their first four matches of this series, India U19 have won twice, lost once and one had no result.
However, Garg is not in the Asia Cup squad, who scored a century (100*) against Bangladesh in the ongoing tri-series. The selectors have chosen the wicketkeeper Dhruv Chand Jurel as the skipper for the upcoming Asia Cup. Dhruv is currently in England with the India U19 side and has already played two matches in the tri-series. Apart from scoring 41 runs (7* and 34 runs), Dhruv has also taken five catches in this tri-series.
From the ongoing England tour, nine players missed out the Asia Cup squad
Among the present India U19 squad in the ongoing England tour, nine players have been dropped for the forthcoming Asia Cup. Apart from Garg, Shubhang Hegde, Yashavwi Jaiswal, Pragnesh Kanpillewar, Kartik Tyagi, Prabhat Maurya, Ravi Bishnoi, Sameer Rizvi and Divyaansh Saxena have missed out the Asia Cup squad.
As a replacement, the selectors have added eight players. These names are Suved Parkar, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Azad, Varun Lavande, Salil Arora, Atharva Ankolekar, Pankaj Yadav and Akash Singh.
Dhruv Chand Jurel and six other England tour players are in Asia Cup squad
On the other hand, seven players have sustained their places for the upcoming Asia Cup, including Dhruv Chand Jurel. The other players in this list are Karan Lal, Sushant Mishra, Vidyadhar Patil, Shashwat Rawat, Thakur Tilak Varma, Purnank Tyagi.
Sri Lanka will host the Youth Asia Cup 2019 from 3rd to 15th September 2019. It will be the second time when Sri Lanka will host the Youth Asia Cup. Their first such experience was in 2016.
Out of the seven Youth Asia Cup tournaments, India U19 side won six times, including one joint-winner. India, the defending champions of Youth Asia Cup 2019, have solely won this trophy in 1989, 2003, 2013/14, 2016 and 2018. In 2012, India and Pakistan shared the Youth Asia Cup trophy after the final match had a tie result.
Only in the 2017 edition, India failed to qualify for the final. Afghanistan and Pakistan met in that final and Afghanistan won that final by 185 runs.
India U19 squad for the Youth Asia Cup 2019: Dhruv Chand Jurel (C & WK), Suved Parkar, Thakur Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Azad, Shashwat Rawat, Varun Lavande, Salil Arora, Karan Lal, Atharva Ankolekar, Pankaj Yadav, Akash Singh, Sushant Mishra, Purnank Tyagi, Vidyadhar Patil