DESCRIPTION:
*     The Junior National Selection Committee in its meeting today at Bhubaneswar selected the India Green, India Blue and India Red teams for the above-mentioned tournament.
*     Two players from Odisha were included in the India Red team.
*     The duo included batsman Sandip Patnaik and off-spinner Subham Nayak.
*     According to BCCI Honorary Secretary Anurag Thakur, this tournament is being held for the first time and it will provide a platform for players to perform and gain a place in the India Under 19 team for the ICC U19 World Cup, to be hosted by Bangaldesh in 2016.
CHALLENGER TEAMS:
INDIA GREEN: Rishabh Pant (DDCA) - Captain, Himanshu Rana (Haryana CA), Digvijay Ranji (HPCA), Sarfaraz Khan (UPCA), Arman Jaffer (Mumbai CA), Himmat Singh (DDCA), Pradeep Pramanick (CAB), Vikram Vinayak (JSCA), Sumit Gosain (Gujarat CA), Kaushik Sheth (CAB), Avesh Khan (MPCA), Rinku Singh (UPCA).
INDIA BLUE: Shivam Choudhary (UPCA), Washington Sundar (TNCA), Amandeep Khare (CSCS), Ricky Bui (Andhra CA) - Captain, Anmolpreet Singh (Punjab CA), Kaushal Singh (JSCA), Agnipan (CAB), Rahul Batham (MPCA), Zaashan Ansari (UPCA), Yogesh Sharma (DDCA), Shubham Mavi (UPCA), Mrinmoy Dutta (Assam CA).
INDIA RED: Sarthak Ranjan (DDCA), Ishan Kishan (JSCA), Mahipal Lamror (Team Rajasthan), Virat Singh (JSCA) - Captain, Sandip Patnaik (Orissa CA), Mayank Dagar (HPCA), Shubham Nayak (Orissa CA), Izhan Sayeed (Maharashtra CA), Imandi Karthik Raman (Andhra CA), Khaleed Ahmad (Team Rajasthan), Ruturaj Gaikwad (Maharashtra CA), Saikishore (TNCA).
FIXTURE:
October 28: India Red vs India Blue
October 29: India Red vs India Green
October 30: India Blue vs India Green
October 31: FINAL