‘Ayush Mhatre gave a sense that he could be a chief’: Mumbai head coach Omkar Salvi | Cricket Information

Ayush Mhatre will lead India U-19 on the tour of England. (AP)

Mumbai: In one other increase to his nascent, promising profession, Mumbai’s 17-year-old opener Ayush Mhatre was on Thursday appointed because the captain of the India Beneath-19 workforce for the upcoming tour of England. The squad additionally consists of Bihar’s 14-year-old sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Each Mhatre and Suryavanshi have put in spectacular performances of their debut IPL seasons.Mhatre has scored 206 runs in six matches at a median of 34.33, with one fifty. Whereas Suryavanshi had a sensational season for Rajasthan Royals, scoring 252 runs in seven matches at a median of 36.00, with 100 and one fifty every. Go Past The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!In actual fact, the vice-captain of the workforce, Abhigyan Kundu, can be from Mumbai. Indications are that the nationwide junior choice committee, led by Thilak Naidu, is eager to nominate Mhatre because the captain of the India Beneath-19 workforce for the U-19 World Cup in Zimbabwe and Namibia in January 2026.

Like Mhatre, the final India U-19 captain from Mumbai, Prithvi Shaw too hailed from Virar, a far-off suburb within the metropolis. Shaw had led the India Beneath-19 workforce to the U-19 World Cup triumph in New Zealand in 2018. Mhatre has captained the Mumbai Beneath-16 workforce up to now.The teenaged batter has put in spectacular performances since being roped in by CSK mid-season, scoring 206 runs in six matches @ 34.33, with a strike fee of 187.27. “Ayush Mhatre is a beautiful child who’s bought a really calm head on his shoulders. Being round him within the dressing room gave me the sensation that he’s somebody who can positively be a frontrunner. He is very assured of himself and in addition a confident workforce man and that is going to maintain this India Beneath-19 workforce in good stead. I want him all the very best and I am certain he has many extra management roles that beckon him within the close to future,” Mumbai head coach Omkar Salvi informed TOI.Mhatre, who was acquired by Triumph Knights Mumbai North East within the T20 Mumbai League, Kundu and Naman Pushpak, who has been named within the standby gamers’ record, will no longer be capable of participate because the trio will attend the India Beneath-19 camp in Bengaluru.The England tour, scheduled from June 24 to July 23, includes a 50-over warm-up match, adopted by a five-match Youth One-Day collection and two Multi-Day matches towards the England Beneath-19 aspect.

India U-19 Squad: Ayush Mhatre (Captain), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra, Maulyarajsinh Chavda, Rahul Kumar, Abhigyan Kundu (Vice-Captain & WK), Harvansh Singh (WK), R S Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan Patel, Henil Patel, Yudhajit Guha, Pranav Raghavendra, Mohammed Enaan, Aditya Rana, Anmoljeet SinghStandby Gamers: Naman Pushpak, D Deepesh, Vedant Trivedi, Vikalp Tiwari, Alankrith Rapole (WK)Fixtures: June 24: 50-over Heat-Up at Loughborough CollegeThe schedule: 1st OD: June 27, Hove; 2nd OD: June 30, Northampton; third OD: July 2, Northampton; 4th OD: July 5, Worcester; fifth OD: July 7, WorcesterAssessments: 1st Check: 12-15 July, Beckenham; 2nd Check: July 20-23, Chelmsford.