BHUBANESWAR, OCT 24: The Junior National Selection Committee, which met here today, named Delhi’s Rishabh Pant, Andhra’s Ricky Bhui and Jharkhand’s Virat Singh as captains of the India ‘Green’, India ‘Blue’ and India ‘Red’ for the U-19 Challenger Trophy scheduled to be held in Pune from October 28 to 31.
BCCI Honorary Secretary, Anurag Thakur said, “This tournament is being held for the first time under the aegis of the BCCI and it will provide a platform for players to perform and gain a place in the India Under-19 team for the ICC U-19 World Cup (Bangladesh 2016).”
India ‘Green’: Rishabh Pant (DDCA) Captain, Himanshu Rana (Haryana CA), Digvijay Ranji (HPCA), Sarfaraz Khan (UPCA), Arman Jaffer (Mumbai CA), Himmat Singh (DDCA), Pradeepta Pramanick (CAB), Vikram Vinayak (JSCA), Sumit Gosain (Gujarat CA), Kaushik Sheth (CAB), Avesh Khan (MPCA), Rinku Singh (UPCA).
India ‘Blue’: Shivam Choudhary (UPCA), Washington Sundar (TNCA), Amandeep Khare (CSCS), Ricky Bui (Andhra CA) – Captain, Anmolpreet Singh (Punjab CA), Kaushal Singh (JSCA), Agnipan (CAB), Rahul Batham (MPCA), Zaashan Ansari (UPCA), Yogesh Sharma (DDCA), Shubham Mavi (UPCA), Mrinmoy Dutta (Assam CA).
India ‘Red’: Sarthak Ranjan (DDCA), Ishan Kishan (JSCA), Mahipal Lamror (Team Rajasthan), Virat Singh (JSCA) – Captain, Sandip Patnaik (Orissa CA), Mayank Dagar (HPCA), Shubham Nayak (Orissa CA), Izhan Sayeed (Maharashtra CA), Imandi Karthik Raman (Andhra CA), Khaleed Ahmad (Team Rajasthan), Ruturaj Gaikwad (Maharashtra CA), Saikishore (TNCA).
