Ayush Mhatre to Lead India U19 Squad for Australia Tour

Samira Vishwas

Tezzbuzz|31-07-2025

Mumbai batter Ayush Mhatre is set to lead the India U19 Squad in the multi-format tour of Australia, which is set to begin on September 21.

The 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has also retained his spot after his performance in the England tour. The two sides will lock horns across three one-day matches and two multi-day matches.

Several Names Like Rahul Kumar, Harvansh Singh, RS Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Henil Patel, D. Deepesh, Anmoljeet Singh, and Naman Pushpak are retained in the Squad.

With a good performance behind them in the recently concluded England tour, India U19 will be hoping to put in similar showing against Australia as well.

India U19 Squad (image: X)

D. Deepak and Naman Pushpak were brought in as injury replacements in England for Aditya Rana (stress fracture) and Khilan Patel respectively.

All three one-day matches will be hosted at Norths. The 18-member squad features two wicketkeepers, Abhigyan Kundu and Harvansh Singh while five players has been named as reserves – Yudhajit Guha, Laxman, BK Kishore, Alankrith Rapole and Arnav Bugga.

The three one-day matches alongside the first multi-day game will be held between September 30 and October 3. The second multi-day game will kick off on October 7.

India U19 Squad: Ayush Mhatre (C), Viahaan Malhotra (VC), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Vedant Trivedi, Rahul Kumar, Abhiyan Kundu (WK), Harvansh Singh (WK), Rs. Henil Patel, D Depesh, Kishan Kumar, Anmoljeet Singh, Khilan Patel, Udhav Mohan, Aman Chauhan