Changes in Indian team for England tour, BCCI announces replacement for two injured players

D. Dipesh and Naman Pushpak were named in the India Under-19 men's team for the England tour between June 24 and July 23. They were both earlier in standby, and now BCCI has added them to the team's main squad instead of Aditya Rana and Khilan Patel.

"Aditya has suffered a stress fracture in his lower back while Khilan has a stress reaction in his right leg," the BCCI said in a statement on Monday. India's men's Under-19 team will be led by Ayush Mhatre, who performed brilliantly for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL 2025.

The tour will begin with a 50-over warm-up match at Loughborough University, followed by five Youth One-Day matches in Hove, Northampton, and Worcester. Two multi-day matches will also be played against England Under-19s in Beckenham and Chelmsford.

Two multi-day matches will also be played against England Under-19s in Beckenham and Chelmsford, respectively. Mhatre's fellow wicketkeeper-batsman Abhigyan Kundu from Mumbai has been appointed as the vice-captain of the team. The squad also includes explosive left-handed batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who scored 252 runs, including a 35-ball century and a half-century for Rajasthan Royals (RR) in IPL 2025.

Suryavanshi and Mhatre were also part of India's runner-up team in the Under-19 Asia Cup in the UAE last year. The other players include Punjab batsman Vihaan Malhotra and Kerala leg-spinner Mohammed Enan, who performed well in the Youth Series against Australia in Chennai and Puducherry last year.

India Under-19 squad: Ayush Mhatre (captain), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra, Moulyarajsingh Chavda, Rahul Kumar, Abhigyan Kundu (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Harvansh Singh (wicketkeeper), R.S. Ambareesh, Kanishk Chauhan, Henil Patel, Yudhajit Guha, Pranav Raghavendra, Mohammed Enan, Anmoljit Singh, D. Dipesh, Naman Pushpak.

Standby players: Vedant Trivedi, Vikalp Tiwari, Alankrit Rapol (wicketkeeper).