Last year, he led Mumbai to the final of the Cooch Behar Trophy, where he was named Player of the Tournament for his 670 runs and 32 wickets. Those performances earned him a Ranji Trophy debut against Saurashtra. He has played three first-class matches so far and has been shortlisted among 333 players at the IPL 2024 auction on December 19.

Before the World Cup, India will play a U-19 tri-series against the hosts South Africa and England from December 29 to January 10.

India are in Group A along with Bangladesh, Ireland and USA at the World Cup and play their first match against Bangladesh on January 20 in Bloemfontein. They then play Ireland on January 25 and USA on January 28.

India squad for tri-series and Under-19 World Cup: Arshin Kulkarni, Adarsh Singh, Rudra Mayur Patel, Sachin Dhas, Priyanshu Moliya, Musheer Khan, Uday Saharan (capt), Aravelly Avanish Rao (wk), Saumy Kumar Pandey (vc), Murugan Abhishek, Innesh Mahajan (wk), Dhanush Gowda, Aaradhya Shukla, Raj Limbani and Naman Tiwari

Reserve players for tri-series: Prem Devkar Ansh Gosai, Mohammed Aman

Back-up players: Digvijay Patil, Jayanth Goyat, P Vignesh, Kiran Chormale