After his scintillating 177 in the final one-dayer of the three-match under-19 India-England series, Ambati Rayudu has been rewarded with the captaincy of the Indian under-17 team for their tour to Sri Lanka.

Rayudu, a Hyderabad bat, will be accompanied in the think-tank by coach Erapalli Prasanna. Suresh Raina, left-hand bat and off-break bowler, will vice-captain the side to Sri Lanka. Raina has not played any first-class matches, his highest level of experience coming at the Uttar Pradesh under-16 level. Rayudu, despite his international experience, is only one first-class match richer than Raina.

Team: Ambati Rayudu (captain, Hyderabad), Suresh Raina (Uttar Pradesh), Robin Uthappa (Karnataka), Faiz Fazal (Vidarbha), Shivakant Shukla (Uttar Pradesh), Sadek Imran Chowdhury (Assam), AG Pradeep (Andhra Pradesh), Sushanth Maratha (wicket-keeper, Mumbai), Parag Madkaiker (Mumbai), R Srinivasan (Tamil Nadu), MP Arjun (Hyderabad), Reife Gomez (Kerala), Rudra Pratap Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Piyush Chawla (Uttar Pradesh), Arif Sunasra (Mumbai)

Reserves: Pawan L Gaargi (Karnataka), Gaurav Chabra (Delhi), Mohammad Adil (Uttar Pradesh), Amjad Ali (Assam), Prem Prateek (Haryana)

Coach: Erapalli Prasanna

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