Mumbai batter Ayush Mhatre will lead India Under-19 in a multi-format tour of Australia which begins on September 21 in Norths. The 17-member side also includes 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who had lit up IPL 2025 with his power-packed batting.

India will play five matches on their tour of Australia, beginning with three one-day games, all at Norths on September 21, 24 and 26. That will be followed by two four-day matches, the first one at Norths on September 30 and the second at Mackay from October 7.

From the under-19 side that recently toured England for a multi-format series, players missing are Maulyarajsinh Chavda, Yudhajit Guha, Pranav Raghavendra and Mohammed Enaan. In come Vedant Trivedi, Khilan Patel, Udhav Mohan and Aman Chauhan.

Khilan, who was ruled out of the England tour due to a stress reaction in his right leg, has recovered and is included in the 17-member squad. Top-order Punjab batter Malhotra, who excelled in both the four-dayers and 50-over leg of the England tour, has been rewarded with the vice-captaincy for the Australia tour.

Mhatre was the leading run-scorer (340 in four innings) in the youth Tests in England, a high-scoring series which ended 0-0 with both matches severely curtailed by rain. India had earlier taken the one-day series 3-2, with Suryavanshi topping the run-charts with 355 runs in five innings. Offspinner Kanishk Chouhan led the wickets column for India in the one-day series, while fast bowler R S Ambrish impressed with six wickets in the youth Tests.

The squad also includes wicketkeeper-batter Harvansh Singh Pangalia, offspinner Anmoljeet Singh, while Naman Pushpak and D Deepesh also retain their place. Yudhajit Guha, Laxman, B K Kishore, Alankrith Rapole and Arnav Bugga are the standby players.

India had earlier clean swept the Australia under-19 side in both the one-day and four-day series at home in September-October last year.

India Under-19 squad: Ayush Mhatre (capt), Vihaan Malhotra (vice-capt), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vedant Trivedi, Rahul Kumar, Abhigyan Kundu (wk), Harvansh Singh (WK), R S Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Naman Pushpak, Henil Patel, D Deepesh, Kishan Kumar, Anmoljeet Singh, Khilan Patel, Udhav Mohan, Aman Chauhan

Standby players: Yudhajit Guha, Laxman, B.K. Kishore, Alankrith Rapole, Arnav Bugga