New Delhi: Promising Hyderabad batsman Ambati Rayudu would lead a 14-member Indian under-19 team on a week-long tour to Nepal starting on April 26. The team is slated to play three Limited Over matches against Nepal before returning on May 1, vice-chairman of the National Cricket Academy C K Khanna told here on Tuesday. Suresh Raina of Uttar Pradesh will be Rayudu's deputy. Members of the Delhi Ranji team Kuldeep Rawat and Abhshek Sharma also feature in the team. The matches will be played on April 27, 28 and 30. Former coach of Delhi Ranji team Maninder Singh Jaggi has been appointed as the manager for the tour by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Khanna said. The team: Y Gnaneshwar Rao (Andhra), Manvinder Bisla (Haryana), A Rayudu (Hyderabad), Suresh Raina, Shivkant Shukla, Tahir Abbas (all Uttar Pradesh), Kuldeep Rawat, Abhishek Sharma (both Delhi), Irfan Pathan, Rajesh Solanki (both Baroda), Udit Patel (Karnataka), Sumit Biswal (Orissa), Sourav Sarkar (West Bengal), Dinesh Kartik (Tamil Nadu).

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