Ayush Mhatre Named Captain Of India U19 Team For England Tour; Vaibhav Suryavanshi Included

On Thursday, May 22, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the 16-member India Under-19 team for the forthcoming trip to England. The team for the England tour includes IPL 2025 sensations Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre.

The Chennai Super Kings' Ayush Mhatre has been selected as the India Under-19 captain for the England tour, with Abhigyan Kundu serving as his backup. The Indian squad will play England Under-19 in two multi-day matches and a five-match Youth One-Day series.

Ayush Mhatre, India U19 captain, Vaibhav Suryavanshi headline squad for England tour

Mhatre joined CSK as an injury substitute, making him one of the IPL 2025 finds. In just six games thus far, he has amassed 206 runs at an average of 34.33 and a strike rate of 187.27, including a half-century. In his brief time with CSK, the youthful player has hit 28 fours and eight sixes.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, meanwhile, has been a phenomenon this season, much like Mhatre. He made his season debut in the middle of the season and participated in seven games, amassing a century and a fifty while scoring 252 runs at an average of 36 and a strike rate of 206.55.

This season, Suryavanshi broke records at will by hitting the fastest century in an Indian in IPL off 34 balls. He also became the youngest ever to score a century in T20s and IPL at 14 years old.

BCCI announces India U19 squad for England tour

17-year-old Ayush Mhatre of Mumbai has been named the captain of the squad, which also includes teenage IPL sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Abhigyan Kundu will be the vice-captain and wicketkeeper.

“The Junior Cricket Committee has picked India’s U19 for the upcoming tour of England, scheduled from June 24 to July 23, 2025. The tour comprises a 50-over warm-up match, followed by a five-match Youth One-Day series and two Multi-Day matches against England U19,” the BCCI statement read.

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India U19 squad for Tour of England announced.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) May 22, 2025

India Under-19 Squad: Ayush Mhatre (Captain), Abhigyan Kundu (Vice-Captain & WK), Harvansh Singh (WK), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra, Maulyarajsinh Chavda, Rahul Kumar, Henil Patel, Yudhajit Guha, Pranav Raghavendra, R S Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan Patel, Mohammed Enaan, Aditya Rana, Anmoljeet Singh

Standby Players: Naman Pushpak, Vikalp Tiwari, Alankrith Rapole (WK), D. Deepesh, Vedant Trivedi

Schedule:

Warm-up game: 24 June, Loughborough University

1st One-day: June 27, Hove
2nd One-day: June 30, Northampton
3rd One-day: July 2, Northampton
4th One-day: July 5, Worcester
5th One-day: July 7, Worcester

1st Multi-day: 12-15 July, Beckenham
2nd Multi-day: July 20-23, Chelmsford

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