Mumbai batter Ayush Mhatre will be leading India Under-19 at the ACC Men's Under-19 Asia Cup in Dubai from December 12. The BCCI announced a 15-member squad for the tournament, with the side also including aggressive opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi . Vihaan Malhotra will be Mhatre's deputy at the competition.

Mhatre, meanwhile, hasn't been in good form recently. He had impressed for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025, where he was called up to replace Ruturaj Gaikwad, with 240 runs in seven matches at a strike rate of nearly 189. But since then, he has been inconsistent with his returns.

Mhatre got just 27 runs in four one-day matches on the England tour, but hit back to be the top-scorer with 340 runs in the two Youth Tests. In Australia after that, he got just 10 runs in three one-day

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