BCCI announced Indian Squad for Emerging Teams Asia Cup

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the squad for Emerging Teams Asia Cup on Monday. The Junior Selection committee held a meeting in Mumbai to select a 15-man squad for the tournament. Reportedly, the tournament is scheduled to be held in Bangladesh in November 2019.

BCCI announced Indian Squad for Emerging Teams Asia Cup

Vinayak Gupta (NCA), Aryan Juyal (UPCA), B.R. Sharath (C & WK) (KSCA), Chinmay Sutar (MCA), Yash Rathod (VCA), Arman Jaffer (MCA), Sanveer Singh (PCA), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Team Rajasthan), Hrithik Shokeen (DDCA), S.A. Desai (GCA), Arshdeep Singh (PCA), S.R. Dubey (VCA), Kumar Suraj (JSCA), P. Rekhade (VCA), Kuldeep Yadav (DDCA).

With the squad announced, Kamlesh Nagarkotimakes a comeback after a 19-month injury layoff after the pacer was named in the Indian team for the upcoming Emerging Asia Cup.

Nagarkoti, who has excelled in India’s triumphant campaign at the U-19 World Cup in New Zealand last year, has been constantly monitored by experts at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, where he underwent rehab following stress fractures in his lower back, heel, and ankle.

The 15-man squad for Emerging Team of Asia Cup

The 19-year-old, who picked the first-ever hat-trick for Rajasthan in List A cricket, had last played a competitive game during the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2018.

Nagarkoti, who formed a fine combination with fellow pacer Shivam Mavi during the World Cup, is one of the notable names in the squad announced by the junior selection committee in Mumbai.