Kamal Passi

Patiala pacer Sandeep Sharma is fast rising on the ladder of success. After tasting success in the India under-19 team for quadrangular series three months back, he will be leading the pace attack in ICC U-19 World Cup in Australia later this year.

After a shaky start Amritsar placed themselves on a firm footing (465 all out in 173.5 overs) against Mohali on the Day Two of the four-day final of Dhruv Pandove Trophy Under-19 Inter-district at cricket tournament at PCA Stadium Mohali on Wednesday.

As arch rivals India and Australia fight for the U-19 Cricket World Cup title miles away at Tony Ireland Stadium in Townsville, Australia, on Sunday, the city’s young fans are extending their support to the Indian colts.

Harbhajan Singh was named the captain of the Punjab Ranji Trophy team that will take on Tamil Nadu, to be played at Nagpur from 21-24.

Unmukt Chand was selected as captain of the India cricket team, which would compete in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Australia next month.

Bengal's Sandipan Das is the only new face in the Unmukt Chand-led India U-19 squad which will participate in the U-19 Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur.

Mumbai were in trouble at 8/2 after Punjab rode on Mayank Sidhana's century and skipper Gurkeerat Singh's 93 to notch up 468 in their Group A Ranji Trophy match on Thursday.

Chand is playing under-19 cricket as he gears up to lead India in Australia for a quadrangular series starting next week which involves Australia, England and New Zealand.

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Tuesday offered a job to Unmukt Chand, star captain of Under-19 world champion cricket team.

Oz bowler Pat Cummins and talented Windies opener Kraigg Brathwaite are the two Test cricketers who feature in the list of provisional squads announced by their respective countries for the U-19 World Cup.

Kumar Deobrat Singh cracked a breezy half-century to help India register a comprehensive 81-run victory over West Indies in the Under-19 quadrangular one-day cricket series.

Teams from India, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Australia will clash for the title in the one-day cricket Under-19 Quadrangular Series to be played from September 27.

A superb spell by medium-pacer Dev Parida (5-37) helped DTDC Express crush JP Morgan SIPL by 181 runs in the Times Shield ‘C’ Division semifinal (40 overs-a-side) on Thursday.DTDC Express will face Final: CGST & C. Ex, Mumbai in the title clash at a later date.Brief scores: CGST & C.

IS Bindra XI opener Manan Vohra came out all guns blazing as he smashed an unbeaten century (139 not out) off 151 balls with 12 well-timed boundaries 5 towering sixes against Chaman Lal Malhotra XI at PAU ground on Thursday.

It was none other than India speedster S Sreesanth who presented Sanju V Samson his maiden Ranji cap against Vidarbha last November.

Kamal Passi played a few matches for Punjab some seasons ago, Ravikant Singh is nowhere near the system now and four years since his glory days, Manjot Kalra's career hasn't got a head-start.

It's just over 24 hours since India's under-19 cricket team won the World Cup and a host of brands and talent management firms are chalking out plans to catch the talented teens young.