Sachin Tendulkar’s son picked for India under 19s

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Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar, 18, has been picked in India’s under 19 squad for two four-day matches in Sri Lanka in July.

The left-arm seamer, who bowled at India’s senior team in the nets during the home series against New Zealand last year, has not been selected for the one-day section of the tour. He will be captained by Delhi’s Anuj Rawat in the four-day matches.

Arjun hit headlines this year by hitting a 27-ball 48 before taking four wickets with the ball in a T20 match for Cricket Club of India against Hong Kong Cricket Club.

Full squads:

Four-day games: Anuj Rawat (C) (WK) (DDCA), Atharva Taide (VCA), Devdutt Padikkal (KSCA), Aryan Juyal (VC) (WK) (UPCA), Yash Rathod (VCA), Ayush Badoni (DDCA), Sameer Choudhary (UPCA), Siddharth Desai (GCA), Harsh Tyagi (DDCA), Y.D. Mangwani (MHCA), Arjun Tendulkar (MCA), Nehal Wadhera (PCA), Akash Pande (GCA), Mohit Jangra (UPCA), Pawan Shah (MHCA)

One-day squad: Aryan Juyal (C) (WK) (UPCA), Anuj Rawat (WK) (DDCA), Devdutt Padikkal (KSCA), Atharva Taide (VCA), Yash Rathod (VCA), Ayush Badoni (DDCA), Sameer Choudhary (UPCA), Siddharth Desai (GCA), Harsh Tyagi (DDCA), Y.D. Mangwani (MHCA), Ajay Devgaud (HYD), Y. Jaiswal (MCA), Mohit Jangra (UPCA), Akash Pande (GCA), Pawan Shah (MHCA)