Arjun Tendulkar in action during a practice session
Arjun Tendulkar, son of batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, was omitted from the squads for the U-19 Challenger Trophy despite having claimed a six-wicket haul at KC Mahindra Shield U-19 tournament recently.
Representing Vijay Merchant XI in a KC Mahindra Shield U-19 match on Friday, left-arm fast bowler Arjun claimed six wickets for 70 runs.
With such an impressive spell, Arjun was hopeful for the India U-19 cricket team and India A. However, he couldn't find his name in any of the three squads for U-19 Challenger Trophy, to be played from November 10 to 16 in Lucknow.
The BCCI's junior selection committee met in Kolkata to pick the four teams -- India Blue, India Red, India Green and India Yellow -- for the tournament.
Squads:
India Blue: Pradosh Ranjan Paul (C), Qamran Iqbal, Swastik Samel, Irfan Ali, Yara Sandeep, Akash Raj, Dhruv C Jurel (WK), A S Sandhu, Arun Mozhi, Prashant Kumar Bhati, Trilok Nag, Ravi Bishnoi, Mandhar Mahale, Hangegekar
India Red: Vedant Murkar (C & WK), Y Jaiswal, Arjun Azad, Shashwat Rawat, Nayan Chavan, Abhishek Selva Kumar, SV Joshi, Venkatesh M, Harsh Dubey, AM Singh, Shushant Mishra, Piyush Kumar Singh, Kishan Kumar, Harsh Raj
India Green: Nitish Kumar Reddy (C), Vaibhav Sharma, Aryan Sethi, Nehal Wadhera, S.A. Ahuja (WK), Rishab Chauhan, Vathsal, Atharva Ankolekar, R.A. Choudhary, Manish Babberwal, Anirudh Choudhary, Atharva Poojari, Rohit Dattatray, Manishi
India Yellow: Shubhang Hegde (C), Thakur Tilak Verma, D.R. Gajraj, Priyansh Arya, Varun Goud, Shubham Shatrujit, Sonu Yadav, Rahul Chadrol (WK), Amit Shukla, Jaymeet Patel, Tekan, Prabhat Maurya, Prayas Ray Burman, Durga Kumar.
(With PTI inputs)
