Vaibhav Suryavanshi was not sent out to bat in the Super Over by India A in the loss to Bangladesh. (Photo via ACC Media/X)A week after he experienced heartbreak in the Rising Stars Asia Cup semi-final against Bangladesh, Vaibhav Suryavanshi will be part of the India U19 side that will play in another Asia Cup: the ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup. The event will be held from December 12 in Dubai. India are in Group A along with Pakistan. They will be joined by two more teams who will qualify.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s Junior Cricket Committee announced the India U19 squad for the upcoming ACC Men’s U19 Asia. Besides Suryavanshi, the team will have players like Ayush Mhatre, who has been named the captain of the side, and Vihaan Malhotra, who will be the vice captain.
At the Rising Stars Asia Cup semi-final, there was plenty of debate over the use of Suryavanshi after he was not sent out to bat in the Super Over. This move backfired as both India batters sent to bat departed without adding a single run to the tally. First, team captain Jitesh Sharma got out on the first ball while attempting an audacious ramp shot and then Ashutosh Sharma was dismissed while trying to hit the ball over the fielder but giving an easy catch at extra-cover to Zawad Abrar.
Later, India A captain Jitesh Sharma, had tried to explain their thinking was in withholding Suryavanshi from the Super Over.
“They are masters of powerplay (Vaibhav and Priyansh Arya, who was also not given the chance to bat in the Super Over). But in the death overs Ashu (Ashutosh Sharma), Raman (Ramandeep Singh) and me are players who can hit at will. So it was team decision and my decision,” India A captain Jitesh Sharma said while explaining the lineup for the Super Over.
Ayush Mhatre (C), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra (vc), Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu (wk), Harvansh Singh (wk), Yuvraj Gohil, Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan A. Patel, Naman Pushpak, D. Deepesh, Henil Patel, Kishan Kumar Singh (Subject to fitness clearance), Udhav Mohan, Aaron George.
Standby players: Rahul Kumar, Hemchudeshan J, B.K. Kishore, Aditya Rawat
Group A: India, Pakistan, Qualifier 1, Qualifier 3
Group B: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Qualifier 2
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