Two Indian origin players named in Australia U19 World Cup squad

MELBOURNE: (Dec 11) Two Indian origin players — Aryan Sharma and John James — have been named in Australia’s 15-member squad for the men’s U-19 World Cup scheduled to be held in Namibia and Zimbabwe from January 15 to February 6.

Aryan, a handy batter and slow left-arm spinner, and James, a right-arm medium pace all-rounder, were both part of the squad that played against India in the youth Tests and one-dayers in September.

Besides cricketers of Indian heritage, the squad features two players of Sri Lankan (Naden Cooray and Nitesh Samuel) and one of Chinese Origin (Alex Lee Young).

Source: PTI News

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