Bawne named captain of India Under-19 squad

	Harmeet Singh took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket in the 2010-11 Ranji Trophy season © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Enlarge
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Maharashtra's Ankit Bawne has been named captain of the India Under-19 squad for the quadrangular series that will also feature Under-19 teams from Australia, West Indies and Sri Lanka to be played between September 27 and October 9 in Visakhapatnam. Jharkhand's Kumar Deobrat has been named vice-captain, and Delhi's Unmukt Chand has also been included in the squad. Sandeep Sharma from Punjab and Mumbai's Harmeet Singh are the only two players in the squad who were at the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand last year, when India finished sixth.

Chand made his Ranji Trophy debut last season, and scored a century against Railways in his fourth match. An aggressive opener, he was signed by Delhi Daredevils for the IPL but played only two games. Bawne made his Ranji debut in 2007, at the age of just 15. He got a first-class century in 2009, and then another in 2010. He is yet to score a List A half-century.

Harmeet, a left-arm spinner, impressed in his first two Ranji Trophy matches in 2009-10, taking 12 wickets, and then bagged his first five-for in the 2010-11 season. Also in the squad is Delhi left-arm spinner Vikas Mishra, who took 18 wickets in the 2010-11 Ranji season. Deobrat score 191 runs at an average of 63.66 and strike-rate of 84.51 during Jharkhand's successful campaign in the 2010-11 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Squad: Ankit Bawne (captain), Kumar Deobrat (vice-captain), Unmukt Chand, Akhil Herwadkar, Baba Apparajith, Hanuma Vihari, Smit Patel, Akshdeep Nath, Vikas Mishra, Harmeet Singh, Kamal Passi, Rush Kalaria, Mohsin Sayyad, Sandeep Sharma, Manan Vohra