Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 10: Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association on Friday announced squads for the Vinoo Mankad U-9 tournaments for Men and Women categories. Member-Administration, J&K Cricket Association, Brig Anil Gupta (retd) in an official communique said that the men and women junior selection committees led by Chief Selectors Arun Sharma and Pratibha Wadhera Bhasin have finalized the team to represent Jammu and Kashmir in the U-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy (one day format) and Women U-19 One day Trophy being organized by BCCI from September 20 to October 18, 2021. The list of the selected players was submitted by the respective selection committees to the Sub-Committee, JKCA. Mithun Manhas, Member-Cricket Operations and Development praised the efforts put in by the selectors in ensuring free and fair selection. He hoped that the selected players would now train as a team to put in their best performances and take J&K cricket to further heights. ‘’Our endeavour is to prepare our teams in a holistic manner so that the players are able to perform at the highest level and are proud of donning the colours of JKCA and represent J&K,’’ stated Sunil Sethi, Member Legal Affairs. Explaining further he said for the first time each member of the team will be provided with a personal helmet with JKCA logo. While announcing the teams, Brig Anil Gupta informed that the teams will be leaving for their respective venues at Indore and Bhubaneswar on September 20 from Srinagar and Jammu respectively. The Men U-19 team comprises; Mohd Hurrer Sofi (Captain), Zayal Faisal, Akshit Gandral (VC), Arya Suvansh Thakur, Abdul Bari, Yuvraj Saini, Danish Hilal, Akash Ayub Bhatt, Mohd Naveed, Tabbish Nissar, Ranjot Singh, Vanshaj Sharma (bowler), Nityam Abrol, Prabhjot Singh, Yaseer Rashid, Dhruv Singh Parmar, Jasbir Singh, Manik Jasrotia, Basit Bashir. Raju Sharma will be the chief coach of the team. The Women U-19 team comprises; Rudrakshni Chib (Captain), Sadia Wani (VC), Ananya Sharma, Afreen Malik, Anvi Singh, Lalita, Sehrish Tariq, Khushboo Aftab, Shakeena, Sheena, Vanshika, Rounak Jahan, Maria Noorain, Bhavandeep Kaur, Mehak, Aabroo Mir, Nimani, Sheetal, Sania, Arveen. Chetan Dhingra will be the chief coach. Brig Gupta also informed that the trials for Women’s Senior (One Day) would commence simultaneously at Jammu & Srinagar from September 12. |