Eighteen year old Jason Jaskirat Singh Sangha has been named the captain of Australia U-19 team for the ICC youth world cup to be held in new Zealand next month. He is the son of Punjabi parents Silvia and Kuldeep Sangha. Jaskirat Sangha will be the first Indian-origin cricketer to lead an Australian team. The teenager, who figured in the Cricket Australia XI, became the youngest cricketer since Sachin Tendulkar to score a first-class century against England at 18 years and 71 days, against an attack led by England stars Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes. His father was a native of Bhatinda in Punjab, and was a state level athlete who then moved to Australia in the 1980s. Another cricketer of the Indian-origin, Param Uppal, 18, also of New South Wales, is also selected to play in the team. Uppal scored 370 runs in this year’s under-19 championships at an impressive average of over 60. Uppal also bowls right-arm off-spin.
