India have named a 15-player squad for the ACC Men's Under-19 Asia Cup 2026 in Oman, with Lakshya Raichandani named captain and Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan his deputy. The squad's headline names, though, are Aaryavir Sehwag and Anvay Dravid — sons of Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid — both handed places for the eight-team tournament that runs November 5 to 14 at the Oman Cricket Academy ground in Muscat.
Anvay Dravid is in as India's first-choice wicketkeeper, with Rajat Baghel as back-up gloveman, while Aaryavir Sehwag comes in as a specialist batter. Neither is a new face to India's age-group set-up: both were selected for India Under-19's three-match Youth ODI series against Australia Under-19 in Rajkot back in August, part of the same junior pool that went on to produce Raichandani's unbeaten century in a 3-0 series sweep over Australia Under-19 in September. Neither player featured in that September Youth Test series, making this Asia Cup squad their biggest assignment yet alongside Raichandani and Chauhan, who captained and vice-captained that red-ball series respectively.
Pakistan arrive as defending champions and have been drawn into Group A alongside India, Nepal and the UAE, while Group B pairs Afghanistan and Bangladesh with Sri Lanka and Malaysia. India open their campaign against Nepal on November 6 before the tournament's marquee group game, India against Pakistan on November 8. The group stage runs into semi-finals on November 12 and a final on November 14, with the two group toppers from each pool advancing.
Beyond Sehwag and Dravid, India's 15 leans heavily on players who already have Australia Under-19 series behind them this year, including VK Vineeth, Kushagra Ojha, Arjun Rajput, Manal Chauhan and bowlers Mohit Ulva, Yashveer and Aryan Savsani. That continuity matters more than the surnames on the team sheet: India's selectors have largely kept faith with the group that has already played a full home series against Australia this year, rather than picking an entirely fresh squad for the continental tournament.
Age-group tournaments routinely produce players who go on to senior India squads within a few years, and an eight-team Asia Cup with India facing Pakistan in the group stage carries its own weight regardless of who is in the XI. For fans tracking future talent, Raichandani's white-ball scoring and Dravid's keeping are the clearer form indicators heading in, while Sehwag's inclusion as a specialist batter adds a name worth watching purely for how he handles the step up in company.
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Squad and schedule details in this article are verified against same-day and freshly re-checked reporting as of November 3, 2026; India's playing XI for the November 6 opener against Nepal had not been confirmed at the time of writing.
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