Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, July 10: Close on the heels of Parveez Rasool’s selection in the Indian team for the Zimbabwe tour, another Jammu and Kashmir cricketer Shubham Khajuria was today selected in the India U-19 squad for the tour of Sri Lanka.
17-year-old Khajuria, who hails from Jammu has already played three Ranji Trophy match for his state apart from six List ‘A’ and five T20 matches and is a part of the squad led by Maharashtra’s Vijay Zol.
Shubam got the national selectors nod for his consistent performance in the last season’s Cooch Behar trophy, in which he slammed 3 centuries and four half-centuries with a fabulous average.
Talented Khajuria attributed his success to his parents especially his father Pardeep Khajuria.
The India team is supposed to play two four day games apart from three one day internationals during the 17-day tour of the island nation.
Meanwhile the junior selection committee also picked up an India U-23 squad to be led by talented Mumbai youngster Surya Kumar Yadav for the ACC Emerging Teams Cup to be played in Singapore from August 17 to 25. The squad consists of India’s U-19 World Cup winning captain Unmukt Chand.
India U-19 squad (for 4-day ‘Tests’)
The team for the four-day games is as follows: Vijay Zol (Captain), Sanju Samson (Vice-Capt, WK), Akhil Herwadkar, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Saif, Karan Viradia, Shubham Khajuria, D. Nischal, Ankush Bains, Atul Singh, Pankaj Jaiswal, Ateet Seth, CV Milind, Aamir Gani, Kuldeep Yadav.
Squad for ‘ODIs’
Vijay Zol (Captain), Sanju Samson (vice-capt, wk), Akhil Herwadkar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ricky Bhui, Deepak Hooda, Abhimanyu Lamba, Rishi Arothe, Mohammed Saif, Shubham Khajuria, Ankush Bains, Atul Singh, Ateet Seth, Aamir Gani, Kuldeep Yadav.
Itinerary for SL tour
July 23-26: 1st Four Day match (Dambulla)
July 29-Aug 1: 2nd four Day Match (Karunegala)
Aug 4: 1st ‘ODI’ (Dambulla)
Aug 6: 2nd ‘ODI’ (Karunegala)
Aug 8: 3rd ‘ODI’ (Dambulla). (PTI)
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