Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan Named Captain of India Men's U19 Squad for Sri Lanka Tour 2026
BCCI announced India Men's U19 squads for the Sri Lanka tour on June 11, 2026, featuring three One-Day matches in Hambantota from July 4 and two Multi-Day matches in Galle and Colombo, with Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan as captain.
The BCCI'sJunior Cricket Committee announced the India Men's U19 squads for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka on June 11, and the selection covers both the One-Day and Multi-Day formats across a five-match series that gives the next generation of Indian cricketers a proper international assignment before the domestic season gets underway.
Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan has been named captain of both squads, with Lakshya Raichandani serving as vice-captain across both formats, and the tour gets underway on July 4 with the first One-Day match in Hambantota, followed by the second on July 6 and the third on July 9 at the same venue before the series moves to the longer format.
The One-Day squad includes Sagar Virk, Arjun Rajput, Kushagra Ojha, Rajat Baghel as wicketkeeper, Anvay Dravid as the second wicketkeeper option, Anmoljeet Singh, Vutkuri Yashveer Goud, Rohit Anil Yadav, Shavin V, Kavya Paresh Patel, Mohit Ulva, Ishan Sood and Vineeth V K, giving the selectors a balanced combination of batting, bowling and keeping options across the fifteen-man group.
The Multi-Day squad carries some changes, with Patel Kush, Manal Chauhan, Manav Krishna as wicketkeeper, Aryan Sandesh Sakpal as the second keeping option, Hemchudeshan J, BK Kishore, Priyanshu Singh, Pranav Raghvendra and Chigurupati Venkata coming into the picture alongside the core players retained from the One-Day group, with the two Multi-Day matches scheduled for Galle from July 13 to 16 and Colombo from July 20 to 23.
The name that catches the eye immediately is Anvay Dravid in the One-Day squad, son of legendary India batter Rahul Dravid, whose selection on merit adds an extra dimension of interest to a tour that already carries plenty of significance for the players involved.
Sportscape feels that a five-match tour of Sri Lanka covering both formats gives this U19 group something that very few junior squads get proper preparation time in a foreign country against unfamiliar conditions before the pressure of age-group World Cup cycles begins again, and for a player like Anvay Dravid carrying one of cricket's most famous surnames into an international setup for the first time, the Sri Lanka tour is the beginning of a story that Indian cricket is going to follow very closely over the next few years.
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