19 year old batting sensation Ayush Mhatre will lead India u19 during their upcoming tour of England. The month long tour will include a 50 over warm-up match, a five match Youth One day series and two multi day matches against the England Lions. Mhatre has impressed in his maiden
IPL compaign, scoring 206 runs in six games at a remarkable strike rate of 182.27. The 16-man squad also feaature 14- year old batting prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who recently became the youngest batter to smash an IPL century while playing for Rajasthan Royals against the Gujarat Titans.
Abhigyan Kundu, who will also serve as the wicket keeper has been named vice-captain of the side, while Harvansh Singh is another option in that department. Harvansh who plays domestic cricket at junior level for Saurashtra slammed a century last year during a youth Test against Australia U-19. A few years back, Harvansh had the optionof moving to Canada, but he decided to stay in India. His father Damandeep Singh is truck driver in canada. He stays with his mother in India, while rest of his family members are in Canada.
With Harvansh set to embark on his first overseas tour, Damandeep revealed his son refused to move to Canada so that he can live his dream of representing India in international cricket. He further said,”There are so many congratulatory messages. It feels good. It brings back so many memories of when Harvansh said ‘no’ to me about moving to Canada. He was rigid and he is living his dream.”
Harvansh idolised Yuvraj Singh while growing up and turned southpaw because of the legendary India all-rounder.