Mumbai’s Ayush Mhatre was on Thursday appointed captain of the India U-19 team for next month’s tour of England, while 14-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi is also included in the squad.
The tour, scheduled to begin on June 24, will include a 50-over warm-up match, followed by a five-match Youth One-Day series and two Multi-Day matches against England U19.
Suryavanshi’s selection comes on the back of a breakthrough IPL season with Rajasthan Royals.
The baby-faced big-hitter from Bihar’s Samastipur had become the toast of the nation after becoming the youngest to smash an IPL hundred and his 35-ball century last month against Gujarat Titans was also the second fastest of the league.
He has played five first-class matches and six List A games for Bihar but is yet to score a hundred in any of those matches. However, Suryavanshi had made a hundred against the Australia U19 in the first Youth Test at Chennai last year.