Young guns rocked the world! ICC announces U19 Cricket World Cup team that includes 5 Indian cricketers

Dubai, February 5: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced the team of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup with including five players from India. Notably, the ICC U19 team has five players from India, which includes the top three in the batting line-up captain Prithvi Shaw, Manjot Kalra and Shubman Gill while left-arm spinner Anukul Roy and fast bowler Kamlesh Nagarkoti were also selected.

 

The team was announced a day after India defeated Australia by eight wickets to claim the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup title for the fourth time. South African captain Raynard van Tonder will lead the Team of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup.

The team has five players from India, which includes the top three in the batting line-up captain Prithvi Shaw (261 runs in the tournament), player of the final Manjot Kalra (252 runs) and player of the tournament Shubman Gill (372 runs). Left-arm spinner Anukul Roy (14 wickets) and fast bowler Kamlesh Nagarkoti (9 wickets) are the other Indians named in the team.

However, apart from van Tonder, the other South Africa players making the team are wicket-keeper Wandile Makwetu and fast bowler Gerald Coetzee. Makwetu had 11 victims during the tournament besides some useful runs while fast bowler Gerald Coetzee finished with eight wickets.

New Zealand batsman Finn Allen was rewarded for a consistent run which saw him get 338 runs while Pakistan’s left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi (12 wickets) and Afghanistan leg-spinner Qais Ahmad (14 wickets) are the ones in the playing eleven. Windies batsman Alick Athanaze was named the 12th man after finishing as the highest run-getter in the tournament with 418 runs, which included centuries against Sri Lanka and Kenya.

Importantly, the Team of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup was selected by a five-person selection panel that comprised former Windies fast bowler Ian Bishop, former India women’s captain Anjum Chopra, former New Zealand captain Jeff Crowe, journalist Shashank Kishore and former Australia all-rounder Tom Moody.

The team of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018 (in batting order):

• Prithvi Shaw (India) –261 runs
• Manjot Kalra (India) – 252 runs
• Shubman Gill (India) – 372 runs
• Finn Allen (New Zealand) – 338 runs
• Raynard van Tonder (South Africa, captain) – 348 runs
• Wandile Makwetu (wicket-keeper) (South Africa) – 184 runs and 11 dismissals (all catches)
• Anukul Roy (India) – 14 wickets
• Kamlesh Nagarkoti (India)– 9 wickets
• Gerald Coetzee (South Africa) – 8 wickets
• Qais Ahmad (Afghanistan) – 14 wickets
• Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan) – 12 wickets
• 12th man: Alick Athanaze (Windies) – 418 runs