Know India Under 19 Cricket Team taking part in Under 19 World Cup 2022

Under 19 World Cup is underway. India Under 19 Cricket Team is one of the favourites to win the coveted trophy after title victory in the Asia Cup 2021 that took place in December 2021.

India Under 19 Cricket Team

Let’s look at India Under 19 Team players taking part in the U19 World Cup 2021

1. Yash Dhull (Captain)

• Led Delhi U16 and U19 team
• Scored 302 runs in 5 innings of Vinoo Mankad Trophy 2021.
• Captain of Champion Indian team in U19 Asia Cup 2021, and scoring 115 runs in 5 innings as well.

2. Harnoor Singh

• Player of the U19 Asia Cup 2021 with 251 runs in 5 innings.
• Scored 397 runs in 4 innings of Challenger Trophy 2021/22.
• Scored 191 runs in 3 innings of Triangular Series 2021.
• Hit a ton in U19 World Cup 2022 Warmup fixture against Australia.

3. Shaik Rasheed

• Scored 168 runs in 5 innings of U19 Asia Cup 2021.
• Contributed 72* runs in India’s U19 World Cup 2022 Warmup fixture against Australia.
• Scored 376 runs in 6 innings of Vinoo Mankad Trophy 2021.

4. Angkrish Raghuvanshi

• Scored 109 runs in 5 innings of U19 Asia Cup 2021.
• Contributed to India’s title win in Asia Cup by hitting a half century.
• Father played Tennis and Mother Played Basketball for Indian national team.
• His coach is the former batter from Mumbai Abhishek Nayar.

5. Raj Bawa

• Scalped 8 wickets in 4 matches of U19 Asia Cup 2021.
• Hit a century and took 8 wickets in Challenger Trophy 2021.
• Father Sukhwinder Singh was also the coach of Yuvraj Singh.
• Grandfather won the gold medal in Hockey at Olympics 1948.

6. Rajvardhan Hangarekar

• Bagged 8 wickets in 5 matches of U19 Asia Cup 2021.
• Took 3 wickets against Australia in U19 World Cup 2022 Warmups.
• 19 wickets and 216 runs in Vinoo Mankad Trophy 2021.
• Father died due to Covid 19 in 2020.

7. Kaushal Tambe

• Picked 6 wickets in U19 Asia Cup 2021.
• Took 4 wickets in U19 World Cup 2022 Warmups.
• Contributed 328 runs in 8 innings of Vinoo Mankad Trophy.

8. Vicky Ostwal

• India’s best bowler in U19 Asia Cup 2021 with 8 wickets in 5 matches.
• Man of the Match in U19 Asia Cup 2021 Final with figures of 3/11.
• Took 7 wickets in Vinoo Mankad Trophy, and 4 wickets in Challenger Trophy 2021.

9. Nishant Sindhu

• Scored 78 runs in 2 Warmup fixtures of U19 World Cup 2022.
• Captain of Haryana team, who won Vinoo Mankad Trophy 2021, and scored 299 runs in 8 innings and scalped 12 wickets.
• Father is a state level boxer.

10. Aaradhya Yadav (Wicket keeper)

• Scored 295 runs in 7 innings of Vinoo Mankad Trophy 2021.
• Hit 135 runs in 4 innings of Challenger Trophy 2021.
• Hit a half century against Pakistan in U19 Asia Cup 2021.

11. Dinesh Bana (Wicket keeper)

• Scored 255 runs in 4 matches of Challenger Trophy 2021.
• Scored 180 runs in 5 innings of Vinoo Mankad Trophy.

12. Ravi Kumar

• Scalped 4 wickets against Australia in U19 World Cup 2022 Warmups.
• Took 11 wickets in 5 matches of Vinoo Mankad Trophy.
• Bagged 4 wickets each in Challenger and Asia Cup Trophy 2021.

13. Aneeshwar Gautam

• Scored 239 runs and scalped 7 wickets in 6 matches of Vinoo Mankad Trophy.
• Amassed 178 runs in 4 innings of Challenger Trophy 2021.

14. Manav Parakh

• Took 16 wickets in 6 games of Vinoo Mankad Trophy 2021.
• In Vijay Merchant Trophy 2018, he took 23 wickets and scored 408 runs.
• 1st player from Tamil Nadu after Washington Sundar to be a part of India U19 World Cup team.

15. Vasu Vats

• Took 16 wickets in 7 matches of Vinoo Mankad Trophy 2021, with best figures being 4/8 in Pre Quarter Finals.
• Father is a headmaster and Mother is a teacher in School.

16. Siddharth Yadav

• Scored 258 runs in 7 innings of Vinoo Mankad Trophy 2021.
• Scored 361 runs in 4 innings of Challenger Trophy 2021.
• Father is a Kirana Stores shopkeeper.

17. Garv Sangwan

• Took 13 wickets in 4 matches of Challenger Trophy 2021.
• Bagged 13 wickets in 6 matches of Vinoo Mankad Trophy 2021.

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