With the ICC Cricket U19 World Cup in mind, BCCI has announced a tri-series ahead of the mega event to ensure India U19 gets enough game time. The U19 World Cup is scheduled to start on January 19 in South Africa. Just three weeks before the World Cup, India U19, South Africa U19, and Afghanistan U19 will face off in South Africa.
All the matches in the tri-series will be played at the Old Edwardians Cricket Club in Johannesburg. Each team will face each other twice before the final. India U19 will face Afghanistan U19 on December 29 and January 4, and South Africa U19 on January 2 and 6.
India’s schedule for U19 tri-series
Match No.DateOpponentVenue1December 29, 2023AfghanistanOld Edwardians Cricket Club2January 2, 2024South AfricaOld Edwardians Cricket Club3January 4, 2024AfghanistanOld Edwardians Cricket Club4January 6, 2024South AfricaOld Edwardians Cricket Club
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India U19 squad for tri-series & ICC Cricket U19 World Cup
NameAssociationArshin KulkarniMaharashtra Cricket AssociationAdarsh SinghUttar Pradesh Cricket AssociationRudra Mayur PatelGujarat Cricket AssociationSachin DhasMaharashtra Cricket AssociationPriyanshu MoliyaBaroda Cricket AssociationMusheer KhanMumbai Cricket AssociationUday Saharan (C)Punjab Cricket AssociationAravelly Avanish Rao (WK)Hyderabad Cricket AssociationSaumy Kumar Pandey (VC)Madhya Pradesh Cricket AssociationMurugan AbhishekHyderabad Cricket AssociationInnesh Mahajan (WK)Himachal Pradesh Cricket AssociationDhanush GowdaKarnataka State Cricket AssociationAaradhya ShuklaPunjab Cricket AssociationRaj LimbaniBaroda Cricket AssociationNaman TiwariUttar Pradesh Cricket Association
Traveling Reserves: Prem Devkar (Mumbai Cricket Association), Ansh Gosai (Saurashtra Cricket Association) and Md. Amaan (Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association).
Back-up players: Digvijay Patil (Maharashtra Cricket Association), Jayanth Goyat (Haryana Cricket Association). P Vignesh (Tamil Nadu Cricket Association), Kiran Chormale (Maharashtra Cricket Association).
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