Indian team for under-15 World Cup

NEW DELHI, JULY 16. The Indian team for the Costcutter under-15 World Cup to be held in England will be the same as the one that won the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) title at Kuala Lumpur recently.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Joint Secretary Mr. Jyoti Bajpai announced this after the National junior selection committee met here on Sunday.

However, Vasudev Das of Tamil Nadu has been asked to be prepared in case Naveen Chaudhary does not recover from a knee injury he sustained recently.

The selection committee comprised Messrs Rajinder Goel (chairman), Shashikant Khandkar, Mahendra M. Rajdev, S. Khan and Ashish Sinha.

Assuring that the Board was strict about the age factor, Mr. Bajpai said that under-15 cricket was very important and that the Board would be giving more importance to junior cricket in the future.

Coach Roger Binny exuded confidence and said that ``cricketers were nowadays getting an opportunity to start their careers very early and they should make the most of it.''

Binny was however, concerned about the weather conditions, which would be new for the team, as well as the fielding department, which he felt, could do with some improvement.

The Indian team will not have a camp before its departure on July 27, but will have the opportunity to play two warm-up matches before its first engagement against England on July 30.

The West Indies and Holland are the other teams in India's group. The topper from each group will advance to the semifinal stage.

The team: Subhash Dixit (captain), Mrigen Talukdar, Palash Jyoti Das, Ashraf Ali, S.S. Thakur, Sushil Kumar, N. Rathod, R. Banik, Abhinav Kumar, Irfan Pathan, Panv Raju, A.H. Rayudu, T. Sahu.

Stand bys : Vasudev Das, Parthiv Patel, T. Saini, S.A. Pai, Gaurav Dhiman.

Coach : Roger Binny; Manager: Professor Ratnakar Shetty.

- Our Sports Reporter

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