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- All 8 teams have named their full squads for USA Cricket Men’s Under 19 National Championship April 4th – 11th
- Tournament sees the return of cricket as the best young cricketers across America come together in Texas
The first ever USA Cricket Men’s Under 19 National Championships marks the return to cricket at a National level with 8 teams coming together to fight it out for the crown of National Champions at the Prairie View Cricket Complex in Houston, Texas from April 4th – 11th.
Today, USA Cricket is pleased to announce the playing squads for all teams participating in the tournament. The eight teams have already been separated into 2 groups of 4 where they will play 3 group matches each as follows;
Group A
Colts
Mid-Atlantic Zone
South Zone
West Zone Reds
Group B
East Zone
Midwest Zone
South West Zone
West Zone Blues
Squad Announcements
There are 8 squads named of 14 players which have all been selected by the National & Zonal Men’s Youth Selection Panels, with the teams confirmed as the following:
East Zone
Abdur Rehman
Ansaar Yasim
Derek Persaud
James Samuel
Mohamed Shaw
Rahi Bhatia
Safwan Ahmed
Sagar Koul
Sahil Koul
Shaswat Ganisshan
Sri Anirudh Arvapalli
Taahaa Warraich
Videep Soni
Vishalpranay Idapalapati
Mid-Atlantic Zone
Aditya Sharma
Akhil Thuremella
Anirudh Immanuel
Chaitanya Parwal
Ishan Sharma
Nayan Elamurugan
Nitish Mahesh
Pranav Rao
Ritwik Behera
Saiteja Mukkamalla
Shuja Khan
Shapnil Roy
Varun Mantha
Yasir Mohammad
Midwest Zone
Akshat Gupta
Anwar Ali
Arnav Jhamb
Atharva Awasthi
Bhavya Mehta
Faiyaz ul Haq Aftab
Kausthubh Sriperumbudoor
Kevin Phillip
Mohit Patel
Munn Patel
Parth Patel
Sidhanth Shah
Taine Dry
Tejas Vishal
South West Zone
Abhimanyu Poswal
Abhiram Valisammagari
Ahan Bhakare
Ali Sheikh
Hrrit Hinge
Josh Saripella
Laksh Parikh
Mihir Cherukupalli
Pranav Narsetty
Rehman Dar
Sahibullah Mohammad Gulab
Shreyan Satheesh
Soorya Selvakumar
Tanaf Wasie
South Zone
Abhiram Bolisetty
Aditya Gupta
Adam Khan
Aryan Shah
Atteendra Subramanian
Danush Kaveripakam
Dhruv Patel
Elton Tucker Jr.
Heer Patel
Jawad Khan
Nayan Bhogaraju
Rishi Pandey
Rohan Phadke
Viraj Vaghela
West Zone Blues
Aakashveer Saini
Akhilesh Swamy
Aksha Shah
Andrew Daluwatte
Ayan Desai
Rajveer Khosa
Rayaan Bhagani
Ritvik Mohindru
Sahil Kancherla
Sanat Misra
Siddarth Menon
Surya Narayanan
Trishul Manoj
Yashahwi Gautom
West Zone Reds
Adil Shivakumar
Aditya Srinivas
Ajay Immadi
Anish Deshpande
Dev Thadani
Kanish Bhalla
Rahul Jariwala
Rajat Sood
Rohan Posanipally
Samson Bhatti
Sanjay Krishnamurthi
Shamith Pasula
Skanda Rohit Sharma
Vinay Baid
Colts
Aman Rao
Arjun Vajjala
Aarnav Iyer
Gautham Ravindran
Hisham Ali
Manav Nayak
Nihal Desai
Pratham Kataria
Rishabh Patil
Rishi Shimpi
Slade-Lee Van Staden
Srinidhi Raghavendran
Rishi Ramesh
Varad Kulkarni
Squad Management
All 8 teams will have coaching and management roles in place for the National Championship, these will be announced in the coming days.
Schedule
The 16 matches will all be played on turf wickets at the Prairie View Cricket Complex in Houston, Texas with the matches taking place between April 5th and 10th, with a training/practice day scheduled for the 4th and departure day on the 11th.
All matches start at 10am local time. (11am EST)
Chair of the Cricket Committee and USA Cricket Board Member, Sushil Nadkarni, said, “On behalf of the Cricket Committee, national, and zonal selectors I would like to congratulate all the young men who have been selected for their Zonal squads. We are anticipating a very competitive first ever USA Cricket Men’s Under 19 National Championships next month in Texas. These pathway events and opportunities for our Men’s and Women’s cricketers at all levels are integral for the success of our National teams.
After such a long break with so little action on the field due to the pandemic, we are all hugely anticipating the return to cricket and giving our best young cricketers the opportunity to shine at a national level. All eight teams are scheduled to play four 50 Over matches on quality turf wickets in the same format as we will play in the ICC Regional Qualifier this summer, from which we are targeting qualification to the 2022 Men’s Under 19 World Cup.”
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USA Cricket (USAC) is the governing body for cricket in the United States, overseeing the national men’s, women’s, and youth teams. It also manages Major League Cricket, the premier domestic Twenty20 competition in the U.S.
