India announce U-19 squad for 2016 World Cup, Ishan Kisan named captain

The India cricket team for the U-19 World Cup to be held in Bangladesh from January 22 to February 14 next year was announced by BCCI on Tuesday in Mumbai.

Ishan Kisan, an opening batsman and a wicketkeeper from Jharkhand, will lead the team in the event while Delhi wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant will be his deputy.

Squad: Ishan Kishan (Capt), Rishabh Pant (VC), Washington Sundar, Sarfaraz Khan, Amandeep Khare, Anmolpreet Singh, Arman Jaffer, Ricky Bhui, Mayank Dagar, Zeeshan Ansari, Mahipal Lomror, Avesh Khan, Shubham Mavi, Khaleel Ahmed, Rahul Batham