Biography of India Under-19 cricket team Members

Captain: Unmukt Chand

Coach: Bharat Arun

Founded: Home ground:

Manager: D. D Sridharan

The Indian Under-19 cricket team represents the nation of India in cricket at Under-19 level. The team is currently captained by Unmukt Chand and coached by former India cricketer Bharat Arun.
The Indian team has won three Under-19 World Cups. In 2000, they won it under the captaincy of Mohammad Kaif and in 2008, they won it under Virat Kohli's leadership and in 2012 under the captaincy of Unmukt Chand. The team also has the best win percentage in ODIs (75%) among all Under-19 national teams.

Current Squad Unmukt Chand (c) Akshdeep Nath (vc) Baba Aparajith Prashant Chopra Sandipan Das Kumar Deobrat Shreyas Gopal Harmeet Singh Akhil Herwadkar Rush Kalaria Vikas Mishra Kamal Passi Smit Patel Ravikant Singh Sanju Samson Mohshin Sayyed Sandeep Sharma Hanuman Vihari Manan Vohra Kuldeep Yadav Vijay Zol

Unmukt Chand — Captain, right-handed batsman and off-break bowler. He's the mainstay of the India U-19 batting line-up, having scored important hundreds for them in Australia and the Youth Asia Cup this year. Born March 26, 1993, Delhi. He has played 11 Ranji Trophy matches for Delhi. He had played two IPL games this year for Delhi Daredevils.

Akhil Herwadkar — Left-hand batsman and right-arm off-break bowler. Born October 31, 1994 in Sangli, Maharashtra.

Akshdeep Nath — Right-hand batsman and medium pace bowler. He is the vice-captain of the team. Born May 10, 1993, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has played three one-dayers for Uttar Pradesh.

Harmeet Singh — Left-arm batsman and slow orthodox bowler. Born September 7, 1992, Mumbai. He has played three Ranji Trophy matches for Mumbai.

Ravikant Singh — Right-hand batsman and medium pacer. Born March 18, 1994, Kolkata, West Bengal. 

Sandipan Das — Right-hand batsman and medium pacer. Born November 29, 1992, Kolkata, West Bengal. Has played for Cricket Association of Bengal XI.

Vijay Zol — Left-hand batsman and right-arm off-break bowler. Born November 23, 1994, Jalna, Maharashtra. He has represented Maharashtra and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Vikas Mishra — Right-hand batsman and slow-left arm bowler. Born December 27, 1992, Delhi. He has played 15 Ranji Trophy matches for Delhi.

Baba Aparajith — Right-hand batsman and off-break bowler. Born July 8, 1994, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has played for his home state four times.

Prashant Chopra — Right-hand batsman and leg-break bowler. Born October 7, 1992, Solan, Himachal Pradesh. He has played six First Class games for HP.

Rush Kalaria — Right-hand batsman and left-arm medium pacer. Born January 16, 1993, Rajkot, Gujarat. He has played one one-dayer for Gujarat.

Vikas Mishra — Right-hand batsman and slow-left arm bowler. Born December 27, 1992, Delhi. He has played 15 Ranji Trophy matches for Delhi.

Hanuman Vihari — Right-hand batsman and off-break bowler. Born October 13, 1993, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. He has represented Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Kamal Passi — Right-hand batsman and medium pacer. Born November 30, 1992, Amritsar, Punjab. He has played for India U-19s in Australia.

Hanuman Vihari — Right-hand batsman and off-break bowler. Born October 13, 1993, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. He has represented Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy 

Sandeep Sharma — Right-hand batsman and medium pacer. Born May 18, 1993, Patiala, Punjab. He has played three Ranji games for his home state.

Smit Patel — Right-hand batsman and wicketkeeper. Born May 16, 1993, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Has played one one-dayer for his home state.