2 players injured before the series against England, BCCI announced replacement
India tour of England: Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the Indian cricket team will play a 5-match Test series on the England tour, the first Test of which will be played from June 20 at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds.
Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the Indian cricket team will play a 5-match Test series on the England tour, which will start from June 20. The first Test will be played at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. Along with the senior team, India’s Under-19 team is also on the England tour, which is led by Ayush Mhatre. This team also includes 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who batted brilliantly in IPL 2025.
The India-19 team captained by Ayush Mhatre will play a 50-over warm-up match, 5 youth ODI matches and 2 multi-day matches between June 24 and July 23. But even before this tour, there is bad news for 2 players, they were ruled out due to injury. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the replacement of both the players.
Who got out, who got a chance
Aditya Rana and Khilan Patel have been ruled out due to injury before the England tour. The BCCI Junior Cricket Committee has included Dipesh and Naman Pushpak as their replacements. Both these players were included in the list of standby players for this tour.
The BCCI said in its statement that Aditya suffered a lower back injury and a stress fracture. Khilan Patel suffered an injury to his right leg during the camp at the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.
Ayush Mhatre was included in the Chennai Super Kings team in IPL 2025, he was given the captaincy of the Under-19 team after a brilliant performance. Let us tell you that Mhatre remained unsold in the auction, but he was included in the team after captain Rituraj Gaikwad was injured. MS Dhoni took over the command of the team after Gaikwad was out, although he was the first team to be eliminated from the tournament. Mhatre scored 240 runs in 7 innings.
14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi is also part of the Under-19 team in the England tour, all eyes will be on his performance. He scored a century in 35 balls in the IPL, which is the fastest century by an Indian in IPL history. Vaibhav, who played for Rajasthan, scored 252 runs in 7 innings in the IPL.
India Under-19 team after replacement
Ayush Mhatre (captain), Abhigyan Kundu (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Rahul Kumar, Vihaan Malhotra, Moulyaraj Singh Chavda, Harvansh Singh (wicketkeeper), R. S. Ambrish, Kanishk Chauhan, Henil Patel, Mohammad Enan, Dipesh, Naman Pushpak, Anmoljit Singh, Yudhajit Guha, Pranav Raghavendra.