India squad for U-19 World Cup announced, Delhi's Yash Dhull to lead

Delhi batter Yash Dhull will lead a 17member Indian squad in the Under19 World Cup which is scheduled to be held in the West Indies from January 14 to February 5 the BCCI announcedFourtime winners India are clubbed with South Africa Ireland and Uganda in Group B Dhulls appointment was on expected lines as he was also named captain for the upcoming Asia Cup to be held in the UAE from December 23 Dhull will have Andhras SK Rasheed as his deputy for the premier tournament in the CaribbeanThe AllIndia Junior Selection Committee has picked Indias squad for the upcoming ICC Under 19 Mens Cricket World Cup to be played in the West Indies from 14th January to 5th February 2022 across four host countries the BCCI said in a press release The 14th edition of the tournament will see 16 teams competing for the trophy across 48 matchesIndia are the most successful team having won the title four times 2000 2008 2012 and 2018 India have also been runnersup in 2016 and in the previous edition of the tournament held in 2020 in New Zealand Dhull a righthanded middleorder batter was a leading rungetter in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy earlier this year He averaged 7550 for his 302 runs for the Delhi Districts amp Cricket Association DDCA in the five matches that the team played during the tournamentDelhi player Dhull thus joins the great Virat Kohli in captaining the junior side in the marquee tournament He has previously led the Delhi U16 U19 and India A U19 sides Rasheed was also impressive in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy including scoring a matchwinning century The format will see the top two teams from each of the four groups advance to the Super League while the remaining teams feature in the Plate across 23 days of competitionIndia will begin their campaign against South Africa at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on January 15 They will play their remaining group matches against Ireland and Uganda on January 19 and 22 respectively The four host countries have been confirmed as Antigua and Barbuda Guyana St Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago with 10 venues hosting matchesThe 48match schedule will begin with hosts West Indies taking on Australia with Sri Lanka facing Scotland in Guyana on January 14 The group stage will take place across Guyana St Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago between January 14 and 22 Trinidad and Tobago will host the Plate competition between January 25 and 31 with the Super League taking place in Antigua and Barbuda from January 26Also Read Ashes 2nd Test Jhye Richardson Mitchell Starc strike Australia 6 wickets away from victoryThe semifinals will be played on February 1 and 2 across two venues the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground and Coolidge Cricket Ground The final will also be held at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket GroundIndia squad Yash Dhull captain Harnoor Singh Angkrish Raghuvanshi SK Rasheed vicecaptain Nishant Sindhu Siddarth Yadav Aneeshwar Gautam Dinesh Bana wk Aaradhya Yadav wk Raj Angad Bawa Manav Parakh Kaushal Tambe RS Hangargekar Vasu Vats Vicky Ostwal Ravikumar Garv SangwanStandby players Rishit Reddy Uday Saharan Ansh Gosai Amrit Raj Upadhyay PM Singh RathoreThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever