U-19 Cricket: Sri Lanka, India, England Tri-Series kicks off at R. Premadasa

The Under-19 Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament played among hosts Sri Lanka, India and England commenced at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today (11).

India will take on England in the opening match which is yet to commence due bad weather. 

The tournament has been arranged as a forerunner to the ICC Under-19 World Cup to be held in Bangladesh in January 2016. 

Each team will meet the opponents twice before the final set to be played on December 21. 

All matches will be played at R Premadasa Stadium.

The squads:

Sri Lanka U-19s: Charith Asalanka (Capt), Sammu Ashan, Malinga Amarasinghe, Kavin Bandara, Vishad Randika (wk), Wanidu Hasaranga, Asitha Fernando, Lakshan Fernando, Avishka Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Kamindu Mendis, Thilan Nimesh, Salinda Ushan, Lakshina Rodrigo, Lahiru Samarakoon, Dishan Sandaruwan, Raveen Sayer, Shanogeeth Shanmuganathan, Damitha Silva.

India U-19s: Ricky Bhui (Capt), Sarfaraz Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Anmolpreet Singh, Avesh Khan, Rahul Batham, Mayank Dagar, Ishan Kishan (wk), Amandeep Khare, Mahipal Lomror, Shubham Mavi, Rishabh Pant (wk), Himanshu Rana, Kanishk Seth, Virat Singh, Washington Sundar, Yogesh Sharma, Zeeshan Ansari.

England U-19s: Brad Taylor (Capt), George Bartlett, Hugh Bernard, Jack Burnham, Mason Crane, Sam Curran, Ryan Davies (wk), George Garton, Ben Green, Haseeb Hameed, Adam Hickey, Max Holden, Dan Lawrence, Saqib Mahmood, Tom Moores (wk), Callum Taylor, Jared Warner.

Match schedule:        

December 11: England vs India

December 12: Sri Lanka vs India

December 14: Sri Lanka vs England

December 15: England vs India

December 17: Sri Lanka vs India

December 18: Sri Lanka vs England

December 21: Final