Indian pacer Kamlesh Nagarkoti who was a key element in India’s U-19 World Cup triumph last year in New Zealand is set to make his comeback on the field after a 19-month injury layoff for the upcoming Emerging Asia Cup.
The 19-year-old was constantly monitored by experts at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, where he underwent rehab following a stress fractures in his lower back, heel and ankle.
Nagarkoti who picked the first ever hat-trick for Rajasthan in List A cricket formed a fine combination with fellow pacer Shivam Mavi during the U-19 World Cup, and one of the notable names in the squad announced after a meeting of the junior selection committee in Mumbai on Monday.
Here is the complete Indian squad for upcoming Emerging Teams Asia Cup:
Vinayak Gupta, Aryan Juyal, B.R. Sharath (C/WK), Chinmay Sutar, Yash Rathod, Arman Jaffer, Sanveer Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Hrithik Shokeen, S.A. Desai, Arshdeep Singh, S.R. Dubey, Kumar Suraj, P. Rekhade, Kuldip Yadav.