Sri Lanka U19 captain Vimath Dinsara and India U19 captain Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan with the trophy that will be awarded to the winner of the one-day series
Sri Lanka and India will commence a three-match Under19 men’s ODI series at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Cricket Stadium, Hambantota from today.
Sri Lanka will be led by Vimath Dinsara of Royal College, Colombo, a top order batsman who captained Sri Lanka in the Under19 World Cup in Zimbabwe early this year. Dinsara will have Kavija Gamage, all-rounder from Kingswood College, Kandy as his deputy.
Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan will lead the India U19 team for the ODI as well as the multi-format series. The Indian U19 captain comes with a reputation of having amassed large scores in junior cricket. As a 13-year-old, he scored 425 off 248 balls and 235 off 166 balls in the Under-13 inter-divisional AW Kanmadikar Trophy and followed it up with an impressive 391 runs. At 17, he completed his Class 12 exams, balancing his academic commitments with an emerging cricket career.
Today’s game will be followed by the second and third ODIs on 6 and 9 July at the same venue. Following the completion of the ODI series the two teams will play two four-day games at Galle Cricket Stadium from 13-16 July and at the R Premadasa Cricket Stadium from 20-23 July.
The squads
SRI LANKA U19 ONE-DAY SQUAD
Rehan Peiris (Royal College, Colombo), Dimantha Mahavithana (Trinity College, Kandy), Senuja Wekunagoda (St. Joseph’s College, Maradana), Vimath Dinsara (Captain, Royal College, Colombo), Kaveeja Gamage, Vice-Captain, Kingswood College, Kandy), Chamika Heenatigala (Mahanama College, Colombo), Chamarindu Nethsara, (WK, St. Servatius College, Matara), Dulnith Sigera (Mahanama College, Colombo), Sethmika Seneviratne (Trinity College, Kandy), Vigneshwaran Akash (St. Joseph’s College, Colombo), Kugathas Mathulan (St. John’s College, Jaffna), Jason Fernando (WK, St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya), Gimhan Mendis (S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia), Dimath Abeysinghe (Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala), Kithma Vidanapathirana (Ananda College, Colombo)
SRI LANKA U19 FOUR-DAY SQUAD
Dimantha Mahavithana (Trinity College, Kandy), Rehan Peiris (Royal College, Colombo), Senuja Wekunegoda (St. Joseph’s College, Maradana), Vimath Dinsara (Captain, Royal College, Colombo), Kaveeja Gamage (Vice-Captain, Kingswood College, Kandy), Chamika Heenatigala (Mahanama College, Colombo), Jason Fernando (WK, St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya), Dulnith Sigera (Mahanama College, Colombo), SA Induwara (Royal College, Colombo), Vigneshwaran Akash (St. Joseph’s College, Maradana), Lathendra Akash (Sri Sumangala College, Hikkaduwa), Ramiru Perera (Royal College, Colombo), Oshada Manahara (DS Senanayake College, Colombo), Dimath Abeysinghe (Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala), Chamarindu Nethsara (WK, St. Servatius College, Matara), Viran Chamuditha (St. Servatius College, Matara)
INDIA U19 ONE-DAY SQUAD
Sagar Virk, Lakshya Raichandani (Vice-Captain), Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan (Captain), Vineeth VK, Arjun Rajput, Kushagra Ojha, Rajat Baghel (WK), Anvay Dravid (WK), Anmoljeet Singh, Vutkuri Yashveer Goud, Rohit Anil Yadav, Shavin V, Kavya Paresh Patel, Mohit Ulva, Ishan Sood
INDIA U19 FOUR-DAY SQUAD
Sagar Virk, Lakshya Raichandani (Vice-Captain), Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan (Captain), Patel Kush, Manal Chauhan, Kushagra Ojha, Manav Krishna (WK), Aryan Sandesh Sakpal (WK), Hemchudeshan J, BK Kishore, Rohit Anil Yadav, Kavya Paresh Patel, Priyanshu Singh, Pranav Raghvendra, Chigurupati Venkata.