The tournament will be held from July 13 to 23 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and will feature eight teams: India A, Nepal, UAE A, Pakistan A, Sri Lanka A, Bangladesh A, Afghanistan A and Oman A. Fifteen matches will be played in all.

The team will be led by Yash Dhull, who captained the India junior side to the U19 World Cup title in the Caribbean last year. His U19 teammates Nishant Sindhu and Rajvardhan Hangargekar are also part of the squad. Abhishek Sharma, from the 2018 U19 World Cup batch, will be vice-captain.

Dhruv Jurel and Prabhsimran Singh, who set IPL 2023 alight with their performances for Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings respectively, are the two designated wicketkeepers.

Four players – Harsh Dubey, Snell Patel, Nehal Wadhera and Mohit Redkar – are part of the standby list.

The coaching staff includes Sitanshu Kotak, the head coach, along with Sairaj Bahutule, bowling coach, and Munish Bali, fielding coach.

ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2023: India squad

Batters

Sai Sudharsan, Nikin Jose, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Yash Dhull (C), Riyan Parag

All-rounders

Abhishek Sharma (VC), Nishant Sindhu, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rajvardhan Hangargekar

Wicketkeepers

Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk)

Bowlers

Manav Suthar, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Harshit Rana, Akash Singh

Standby list

Harsh Dubey, Snell Patel, Nehal Wadhera and Mohit Redkar

ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2023: India schedule

Thursday, 13-Jul-23

India A vs UAE A

SSC

Saturday, 15-Jul-23

India A vs Pakistan A

SSC

Tuesday, 18-Jul-23

India A vs Nepal

P Sara Oval