India’s India U-19 Tour: Captain, 14-year-old Vaibhav Sorivanshi from Ayush Matre is named in the 16-member squad. Cricket news

The Junior Cricket Committee has named 17 -year -old Mumbai opener Ayush Mahatre captain for the upcoming tour of England.The tour includes 50 over warm-up matches, followed by two-day-old one-day series of five matches and two multi-day matches against U-19 with two multi-day matches of England.The 16-year-old squad also consists of 14-year-old Vaibhav Sorvanshi, who has burnt the Indian Premier League (IPL) with his swashing batting.In seven outings for Rajasthan Royals, Sorwanshi has scored 252 runs with a strike rate of 206.56.Sorvanshi, who turned only 14 years old last month and was signed for Rs 1.1 crore in last year’s auction, became the youngest player to feature in the first IPL in April and had an immediate impact by hitting his first ball for six in his beginning. Since then, 14-year-old Kautuk has smoked a 35-ball centenary, a 15-chandend 40, followed by 33-Gund 57 in Royals’ six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in New Delhi.Meanwhile, Mhatre, also, has been an impressive weather. In six innings for CSK, Mhatre has scored 206 runs, including 48-genders 94 against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

At the beginning of the tournament, neither Matre nor Sorivanshi were in dispute to play. He got opportunities courtesy of injuries to his respective captains. Fourteen -year -old Sorivanshi got a chance only because Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson was injured. The 17 -year -old Matre was planted by CSK in place of the injured Ruturaj Gikwad.Who is that IPL player?India U19 squad: Ayush Matre (Captain), Vaibhav Sorivanshi, Vihan Malhotra, Maulraj Singh Chavada, Rahul Kumar, Abhisian Kundu (Vice-captain and WK), Hansh Singh (WK), RS Embrish, Yovan, Henlan, Khanavadh, Khanihan, Khan Mohammad Annan, Aditya Rana, Anmoljit SinghStandby player: Naman Pushpak, D Deepash, Vedant Trivedi, Vikal Tiwari, Alankrith Rapol (WK)ScheduleJune 24: 50 over Warm-Up Match (Lofboro University)27 June: 1 OD (How)June 30: Second ODI (Northampton)July 2: 3 ODI (Northampton)July 5: 4th OD (Worster)7 July: 5th ODI (Warsster)12-15 July: 1 Multi-Day (Bekenham)July 20-23: 2 Multi-Day (Chelmsford)