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Kenya will fight it out with Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Namibia, Uganda and Tanzania
Kenya national U-19 cricket team head coach Josephat Irungu has trimmed his squad to 18 ahead of the International Cricket Council World Cup Africa Division 1 qualifiers.
The team was selected from a pool of 38 players who have been holding training for the past four weeks at the Nairobi Gymkhana.
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CRICKET 38 juniors pitch camp ahead of ICC U19 men’s World Cup qualifiers
The 38-man squad will now move to the next stage of preparations from Tuesday, May 9 at Sikh Union Sports Club.
Nairobi has the bulk of the boys in the squad, with 16 making the cut, while Mombasa and Nakuru provide each player.
Team Kenya will participate in the final qualifiers in Tanzania that will take place between 23 and 29 July, where they will join other Division 1 qualifiers in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Namibia, Uganda, and Tanzania.
Irungu’s charges made it to the last round after beating Sierra Leone by 81 runs in ICC World Cup Africa Division 2 qualifiers in October last year in Abuja, Nigeria.
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The Kenyan ladies have been the most successful team winning four titles since the event was started in 2014.
Eleven teams automatically qualified for the U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Sri Lanka 2024 as the best-placed Full Member nations from the previous event in 2022.
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Qualified teams are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and Zimbabwe, and the rest five are set to come from across the five regions in the world.
Shortlisted players:
Brian Likavu (WK) – Kenya Kongonis Cricket Club – WK/ Bat
Darsh Panchani – Shree Cutchi Leva Patel Samaj – Bat
Raj Manji – Sikh Union Sports Club - Bat
Yash Gohil (WK) – Nairobi Gymkhana Sports Club – WK/ Bat
Vishil Patel – Ruaraka Sports Club – Leg spin/ Bat
Vaibhav Naresh – Stray Lions Cricket Club – Medium Pace/ Bat
Dedan Omondi – Stray Lions Cricket Club – Medium Pace
Stian Smith – Nairobi Gymkhana Sports Club - Bat
Yuvraj Bhatyani - Nairobi Gymkhana Sports Club – Bat/ Medium Pace
Krish Haria – Swamibapa Sports Club – Bat/ Spin
Ken Mwangi – Obuya Cricket Academy – Medium Pace
Allan Kibabi – Kenya Kongonis Cricket Club – Medium Pace/ Bat
Neel Doshi - Nairobi Gymkhana Sports Club – Medium Pace/ Bat
Saavir Karani – Obuya Cricket Academy – Medium Pace
Arnav Patel - Nairobi Gymkhana Sports Club – Off spin
Hitendra Sanghani – Shree Cutchi Leva Patel Samaj – Left arm spin/ Bat
Vatsal Shah – Mombasa Sports Club – Left arm China
Hassan Lijodi – Pirates Cricket Club – Bat /Spin
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