Emerging Teams Asia Cup: Jayant Yadav Named Captain of India's 15-Man Squad

The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) junior selection committee have named all-rounder, Jayant Yadav as the skipper of India’s 15-member squad for the Emerging Teams Asia Cup.

Jayant to lead India in Emerging Teams Asia Cup

Meanwhile, Yadav has already played four Tests and an ODI for India. Furthermore, he also has a Test century to his name scoring 104 runs against England in Mumbai. Moreover, Jayant Yadav was a member of the Haryana team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018. Meanwhile, his first-class career also looks pretty good, as he has played 51 matches scoring 1932 runs and bagged with 135 wickets.

Moreover, there will be a huge expectation from Deepak Hooda and Nitish Rana. The duo had impressed with their performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for their respective franchises. Shivam Mavi, who was a part of Prithvi Shaw’s victorious U-19 World Cup side also earned a call. Mayank Markande who represented Mumbai Indians in the IPL also got a call for his stellar show in the league.

Meanwhile, India had a poor outing in the Emerging Teams Asia Cup last year. They failed to qualify for the knockouts courtesy a poor net run-rate. The junior selection committee met in Kolkata to pick the 15-member squad. The selectors tried to keep the players in the mix, who failed to make it for India A’s tour to New Zealand.

The wicket-keeper batsman, Prab Simran Singh, who was India’s stand-in captain at the U-19 Asia Cup final also received a call. He impressed with his critical 50-run knock which helped India to win the trophy.

Meanwhile, the Emerging Teams Asia Cup tournament is scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka from December 2 to 17.

Squad:

Jayant Yadav (C), RD Gaekwad, Atharva Taide, Ankush Bains (WK), Deepak Hooda, Prab Simran Singh, Nitish Rana, Himmat Singh, S Mulani, Ankit Rajpoot, Prasidh Krishna, Siddharth Desai, Mayank Markande, Atith Seth and Shivam Mavi.