Patna: Bihar Cricket Association has announced Bihar team for the Vijay Merchant Trophy under-16 cricket tournament to be organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The team has been announced for the first two matches.
Strangely, the list does not have the name of the captain of the team.
According to BCA portal, the names of the selected U-16 players are;
Yash Pratap Yadav; Dhananjay Kumar Singh; Agastya; Adarsh Kumar Sinha; Md Taufik (wicketkeeper); Utkarsh Udhyam; Ayush Anand (wicketkeeper); Anirudh Dey; Akanshu Raj; Satyam Kumar; Ayan Nadeem; Karan Arya; Mohit Kumar; Ishant Ranjan; Anshu Kumar; Sundaram Kumar; Jitesh Kumar Upadhyay; Sonu Kumar; Asif Ahmed; Krishna Singh
Supporting staff: Coach-Raju Valsh; Assistant Coach Ashish Patel; Physio Dr Kundan Kumar; Trainer Amit Kumar Yadav
Bihar have been placed in Pool D for Vijay Merchant Trophy Days Tournament.
Pool D: Bihar, Hyderabad, Delhi, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya
Fixtures: Venue : Baroda
December 1 to 3: Bihar vs Meghalaya
December 6 to 8: Bihar vs Delhi
December 11 to 13: Bihar vs Hyderabad
December 16 to 18: Bihar vs Chhattisgarh
December 21 to 23: Bihar vs Gujarat.