By IANS
New Delhi : Delhi all-rounder Virat Kohli will lead India in the under-19 World Cup in Malaysia, starting Feb 17, it was announced by the Indian cricket board here Wednesday.
The team coached by Australian Dave Whatmore will undergo training at a preparatory camp in Bangalore from Feb 1-8.
Ravindra Jadeja, whose all-round skills recently helped Saurashtra qualify for the Super League semi-finals for the first time ever, will be the vice-captain.
India, finalists in the last edition in Sri Lanka, are in Group B of the tournament with West Indies, South Africa and Papua New Guinea (PNG) and will play all their matches at the Kinrara Cricket Academy (KCA) in Kuala Lumpur.
India will open their campaign against Papua New Guinea on the opening day and in the second match they will face South Africa, Feb 19. Their last group match will be against the West Indies, Feb 22.
All together 16 teams, divided into four groups, will play the preliminary rounds and the final is slated for March 2.
The team will depart for Malaysia Feb 9 from Mumbai.
The Squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Ravindra Jadeja (vice captain), Abhinav Mukund, Shreevats Goswami, Tanmay Srivastav, Manish Pandey, Taruwar Kohli, Saurabh Tiwary, Duvvarapu Sivakumar, Pradeep Sangwan, Siddarth Kaul, Ajitesh Argal, Einstein Napolean, Perry Goyal, Iqbal Abdullah