BCCI announces squads for U-19 Challenger Trophy to be held in Lucknow

The Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) on Saturday announced the squads for the upcoming India U-19 Challenger Trophy after the junior selection committee met in Kolkata to pick the four teams -- India Blue, India Red, India Green and India Yellow -- for the tournament.

The tournament is scheduled to be held in Lucknow from November 10 to 16.

According to reports, tis year, the BCCI has invited the Sri Lankan U-19 team to participate in the tournament -- the first time a foreign team will participate in the Challenger Cup. The main focus will be to increase the competition and give exposure to the players ahead of the U-19 World Cup.

Squads:

India Blue: Pradosh Ranjan Paul (C), Qamran Iqbal, Swastik Samel, Irfan Ali, Yara Sandeep, Akash Raj, Dhruv C Jurel (WK), A S Sandhu, Arun Mozhi, Prashant Kumar Bhati, Trilok Nag, Ravi Bishnoi, Mandhar Mahale, Hangegekar

India Red: Vedant Murkar (C & WK), Y Jaiswal, Arjun Azad, Shashwat Rawat, Nayan Chavan, Abhishek Selva Kumar, SV Joshi, Venkatesh M, Harsh Dubey, AM Singh, Shushant Mishra, Piyush Kumar Singh, Kishan Kumar, Harsh Raj

India Green: Nitish Kumar Reddy (C), Vaibhav Sharma, Aryan Sethi, Nehal Wadhera, S.A. Ahuja (WK), Rishab Chauhan, Vathsal, Atharva Ankolekar, R.A. Choudhary, Manish Babberwal, Anirudh Choudhary, Atharva Poojari, Rohit Dattatray, Manishi

India Yellow: Shubhang Hegde (C), Thakur Tilak Verma, D.R. Gajraj, Priyansh Arya, Varun Goud, Shubham Shatrujit, Sonu Yadav, Rahul Chadrol (WK), Amit Shukla, Jaymeet Patel, Tekan, Prabhat Maurya, Prayas Ray Burman, Durga Kumar.