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Ayush Mhatre has been named captain of Indias 15-player squad for the U19 World Cup which will take place in Zimbabwe and Namibia from January 15 to February 6 next year. However Mhatre and vice-captain Vihaan Malhotra will miss India’s short tour of South Africa a three-match ODI series due to wrist injuries. In their place Vaibhav Suryavanshi will lead the team on the South Africa tour with Aaron George as his deputy. Both Mhatre and Malhotra will go to the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru for treatment before joining the World Cup team. Suryavanshi and George are also part of the World Cup squad. The U19 World Cup will feature 16 teams divided into four groups followed by the Super Six semi-finals and the final in Harare. Five-time champions India are in Group B with New Zealand USA and Bangladesh. India will start their campaign against the USA on January 15 at Queens Sports Club Bulawayo then play Bangladesh on January 17 and New Zealand on January 24. Indias squad for South Africa tour: Vaibhav Suryavanshi (C) Aaron George (VC) Vedant Trivedi Abhigyan Kundu (wk) Harvansh Singh (wk) RS Ambrish Kanishk Chouhan Khilan A Patel Mohamed Enaan Henil Patel D Deepesh Kishan Kumar Singh Udhav Mohan Yuvraj Gohil Rahul Kumar. Indias U19 World Cup squad: Ayush Mhatre (C) Vihaan Malhotra (VC) Vaibhav Suryavanshi Aaron George Vedant Trivedi Abhigyan Kundu (wk) Harvansh Singh (wk) RS Ambrish Kanishk Chouhan Khilan A Patel Mohamed Enaan Henil Patel D Deepesh Kishan Kumar Singh Udhav Mohan.