After a long period of brilliant performances for the Indian cricket team, which were remembered for powerful hitting, fans still miss Virendra Sehwag. He was always known for starting matches with a very aggressive style of play.
Recently, major news emerged concerning Virendra Sehwag's son, Aryavir Sehwag. The young 18-year-old player has been entrusted with the captaincy role in the Delhi U-19 team to participate in the Vinod Mankad tournament. This is the first time Aryavir has been given leadership of a major team.
Sixteen players were announced by the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) on Saturday. The Vinod Mankad tournament is scheduled for October 8th and will be held in Visakhapatnam.
The last few months have been extremely successful for Aryavir. Recently, he represented the India U-19 squad in the youth ODI series against Australia, which was held in Rajkot.
In the first match of this series, which was interrupted by rain, Aryavir scored 28 runs off 26 balls. In the second match, he demonstrated excellent play, scoring 47 runs, although he fell short of a half-century by only 3 runs. In the third match, he also played a useful innings, scoring 34 runs.
Furthermore, he played for the West Delhi Lions in the Delhi Premier League (DPL). Also in 2024 during the Kuch Bihar Trophy, he scored a historic 297 runs against Meghalaya, attracting the attention of all observers.
The full Delhi U-19 team roster includes: Aryavir Sehwag (Captain), Tanmay Chaudhary, Arnav Bugga (Vice-Captain), Dhanya Nakra, Uday Chawla, Garv Kumar, Abiraj Gagan Singh (Wicketkeeper), Tarun Singh (Wicketkeeper), Aryan Sharma, Ojasdip Singh, Kiririt Kaushik, Varun Vanjani, Rudra Dev Yadav, Pradyuman Sanan, Parta Raj, Shantanu Yadav.