Indian squad for the 2018 Under-19 World Cup: Know your team
The under-19 World Cup has always provided a platform for the young and upcoming talents to prove themselves at the top level. The tournament has produced several talents in the past which include the likes of Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Virender Sehwag etc.
The next edition of the tournament is set to take place in New Zealand in 2018 and the teams have already started their preparations for it.
India, who finished as the runners-up in 2016, are placed alongside Zimbabwe, PNG and Australia in Group B. Prithvi's boys start their campaign against Australia on January 14 followed by PNG and Zimbabwe on January 16 and January 19 respectively. All the three league matches featuring India will take place at the Bay Oval in Tauranga.
Indian squad: Prithvi Shaw (captain), Shubman Gill, Himanshu Rana, Abhishek Sharma, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ishan Porel, Shivam Mavi, Riyan Parag, Aryan Juyal, Harvik Desai (WK), Arshdeep Singh, Shiva Singh, Pankaj Yadav, Anukul Roy and Manjot Kalra.
Not many will be aware of who these guys are. Let us take a look at who every single member of the Indian under-19 team for the 2018 World Cup is.