D. Deepesh and Naman Pushpak have been included in India’s men’s U19 squad for the upcoming tour of England, scheduled from June 24 to July 23. Both Deepesh and Naman were initially on the standby list for the tour. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the duo would replace Aditya Rana and Khilan Patel in the main squad. “Aditya sustained a stress fracture in his lower back, while Khilan suffered a stress reaction in his right leg during the ongoing high-performance camp at the BCCI Centre of Excellence,” the BCCI stated on Monday. The India men’s U19 squad will be led by Ayush Mhatre, who shone for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL 2025. The tour includes a 50-over warm-up match at Loughborough University, followed by a five-match Youth One-Day series in Hove, Northampton, and Worcester. Additionally, two Multi-Day matches against England U19 will be held in Beckenham and Chelmsford. Wicketkeeper-batter Abhigyan Kundu, Mhatre’s teammate from Mumbai, has been appointed as the team’s vice-captain. The squad also features the explosive left-handed batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who scored 252 runs, including a whirlwind 35-ball hundred and a half-century for Rajasthan Royals (RR) in IPL 2025. Suryavanshi and Mhatre were part of India’s runners-up finish at the U19 Asia Cup in the UAE last year. Other notable selections include Punjab batter Vihaan Malhotra and Kerala leg-spinner Mohammed Enaan, both of whom impressed during the youth series against Australia held in Chennai and Puducherry last year. India U19 Squad: Ayush Mhatre (Captain), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra, Maulyarajsinh Chavda, Rahul Kumar, Abhigyan Kundu (Vice-Captain & WK), Harvansh Singh (WK), R. S. Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Henil Patel, Yudhajit Guha, Pranav Raghavendra, Mohammed Enaan, Anmoljeet Singh, D. Deepesh, Naman Pushpak. Standby Players: Vedant Trivedi, Vikalp Tiwari, Alankrith Rapole (WK). (With inputs from IANS)