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Rex Singh selected in India U19 side, becomes first Manipur player to represent country

India U19 team also includes Sabir Khan from Bihar and Avneesh Sudha from Uttarakhand.

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Rex Singh became the first player from Manipur to be selected in a representative Indian team. Singh was picked in India's Under-19 squad for the for 4-day games against South Africa U19 teams this month.  The team also includes Sabir Khan from Bihar and Avneesh Sudha from Uttarakhand.

Rex Singh made his name when he created history by taking 10 wickets in an innings in December last year. The 18-year-old, who is a a left-arm medium pacer, returned with brilliant figures of 10/11 in the Cooch Behar Trophy against Arunachal Pradesh in Ananthpur.

Rajasthan's Suraj Ahuja will lead India U-19 team in the two four day 'Tests' against South Africa colts, starting February 20. Nehal Wadhera of Punjab and Rahul Chandrol of Madhya Pradesh will lead India A and B respectively in the quadrangular series to be played from March 5-11 in Thiruvananthapuram. 

India U19 Squad for 4-day games against South Africa U19: Suraj Ahuja (C & WK) (Team Rajasthan), Divyaansh Saxena (MCA), Varun Nayanar (Kerala), Avneesh Sudha (Team Uttarakhand), Yashasvi Jaiswal (MCA), Vaibhav Kandpal (DDCA), Shaurya Saran (HPCA), Hrithik Shokeen (DDCA), Manav Suthar (Team Rajasthan), Manishi (JSCA), Sabir Khan (Bihar), Anshul Kamboj (Haryana), Rajvardhan Hangargekar (MHCA), Rohit Dattatraya (VCA), Rex Singh (Manipur), Vathsal Sharma (Kerala)

For Quadrangular series

India U19 A: Nehal Wadhera (C) (PCA), Yashasvi Jaiswal (MCA), Qamran Iqbal (JKCA), Arjun Azad (PCA), Priyansh Arya (DDCA), Shashwat Rawat (BCA), Dhruv Chand Jurel (WK) (UPCA), Siddhesh Veer (MHCA), Ravi M Bishnoi (Team Rajasthan), Yuvraj Chaudhary (PCA), Shubhang Hegde (KSCA), Yatin Mangwani (MHCA), Ishan Afridi (MPCA), Kartik Tyagi (UPCA), Harsh Dubey (VCA), Akash Singh (Team Rajasthan)

India U19 B: Rahul Chandrol (C & WK) (MPCA), Thakur Tilak Verma (HYCA), Varun Lavande (MCA), Arya Sethi (Team Uttarakhand), Pragnesh Kanpillewar (MCA), Pradosh Ranjan Paul (TNCA), Sameer Rizvi (UPCA), Nitish Reddy (Andhra CA), Prayas Rayburman (CAB), Shivam Sharma (UPCA), Atharva Ankolekar (MCA), Sumeet Juyal (Team Uttarakhand), Prabhat Maurya (CAB), Sushant Mishra (JSCA), Purnank Tyagi (UPCA), Karan Lal (CAB)

(With PTI Inputs)

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