Delhi batter Yash Dhull will lead a 20-member India squad within the upcoming Underneath-19 Asia Cup scheduled to be held within the UAE from December 23, the BCCI introduced on Friday.

There might be a preparatory camp in Bengaluru forward of the match and the governing physique additionally named a 25-member squad for a similar, which incorporates 5 standby gamers.

“The All-India Junior Choice Committee has picked a 20-member India U19 squad for the upcoming ACC U19 Asia Cup to be performed within the UAE from twenty third December,” the governing physique mentioned in an announcement.

“The selectors have additionally introduced a 25-member squad for a preparatory camp on the Nationwide Cricket Academy in Bengaluru from December Eleventh-Nineteenth forward of the ACC occasion.”

Dhull was a number one run-getter within the Vinoo Mankad Trophy earlier this 12 months. He averaged 75.50 for his 302 runs for the DDCA within the 5 matches that the crew performed through the match.

The Board, nevertheless, mentioned that India’s squad for the U-19 World Cup slated for January-February subsequent 12 months within the West Indies might be introduced later.

Two-time defending champions India have received the ACC U-19 Asia Cup six instances within the final eight editions, whereas sharing the trophy with Pakistan in 2012.

India U-19 Asia Cup squad: Harnoor Singh Pannu, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ansh Gosai, S Okay Rasheed, Yash Dhull (Captain), Anneshwar Gautam, Siddharth Yadav, Kaushal Tambe, Nishant Sindhu, Dinnesh Bana (wk), Aaradhya Yadav (wk), Rajangad Bawa, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Garv Sangwan, Ravi Kumar, Rishith Reddy, Manav Parakh, Amrit Raj Upadhyay, Vicky Ostwal, Vasu Vats (topic to health clearance).

Standby gamers who will attend preparatory camp at NCA: Ayush Singh Thakur, Uday Saharan, Shashwat Dangwal, Dhanush Gowda, PM Singh Rathore.