Delhi middle order batsman Virat Kohli was named by the junior national selectors to lead the India Under-19 squad in the February 10-March 3 World Cup in Malaysia. Dav Whatmore, Director of Operations at the Bangalore-based NCA will be the coach. India are pooled in Group B and will play league phase ties on February 17 (v PNG), 19 (v SA) and 22 (v WI).

The squad: Virat Kohli (capt, Del), Abhinav Mukund (TN), Shreevats Goswami (Ben), Tanmay Srivastav (UP), Manish Pandey (Kar), Taruvar Kohli (Pun), Ravinder Jadeja (vice cap., Sau), Saurabh Tiwary (Del), D Sivakumar (Andh), Pradeep Sangwan (Del), Siddharth Kaul (Pun), Ajtesh A(Bar), Einstein Napolean (TN), Perry Goyal (Pun) and Iqbal A (Mum). Coach: Dav Whatmore.