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MUMBAI, FEB 19: The under-19 cricket selection trials for the Board President's team to play the Sri Lankan under-19 team from February 2...

MUMBAI, FEB 19: The under-19 cricket selection trials for the Board President’s team to play the Sri Lankan under-19 team from February 22 began at the Wankhede Stadium here this morning with all the 31 probables in full attendance.

The players had a strenuous work out under the watchful eyes of the Junior Selection Committee headed by Hemant Kanitkar, who would be announcing the team tomorrow.

The Indian team for the first `Test’ which begins on February 27 will be selected on February 24, the last day of the three-day match.

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The Sri Lankan team is expected to reach here tomorrow.

The Indian probables: BBCC Mohapatra, H Bangari (both Orissa), Asif Murtuza (Rlys), Dheeraj Jadhav (Mah), Roland Barrington (Karnataka), Neeraj Patel, Pallav Vora (Guj), Pushkaraj Jadhav, Swapnil Hazare, Rajesh Pawar (all Mumbai), Mohd Kaif, Mrutyunjay Tripathi, Musi Raza, Salabh Shrivastava (all UP), Vineet Saxena (MP), Hemant Kumar, Rajat Bhatia, TN Vishwanath (all TN), Venugopal Rao (Andhra), Reetinder SinghSodhi, Yuvraj Singh, Guljar Inder Singh, Sandeep Kumar Sawal, Sarandeep Singh (all Punjab), Amit Suman (Delhi), CM Shyam (Kerala), Wrichik Majumdar, Sourashish Lahiri, Shibsagar Singh (Bengal) and Arjun Yadav (Hyderabad).

The Sri Lankan team: Upeka Fernando, Prasanna Jayawardena, Ian Daniels, Jerome Fernando, Prabath Nishantha, Sathpath Kalum, Sujeewa de Silva, Malinga Banadara, Ranil Dhamika, Jehan Mubarak, Chamara Silva, Malintha Gajanayake, Thilina Kandambi, Duminda Perera, Nalin Wijesinghe and Pubudu Senevirathne. Coach: Carlton Bernadus. Manager: Asantha de Mel. Physiotherapist: Lal Thamel. Schools’ representative: LBJS Jayasuriya

The Lanka U-19 Schedule

Feb 20: Arrival in Mumbai

Feb 22-24: vs Board President’s (u-19) XI at Brabourne Stadium

Feb 27-Mar 2: One-off `Test’ at Wankhede Stadium

Mar 5 & 7: 1st & 2nd one-dayer at Gwalior

Mar 9 & 11: 3rd & 4th one-dayer at Delhi

Mar 12: Departure to Sri Lanka

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