This Labor Day weekend marks the beginning of a thrilling event for young cricket enthusiasts as USA Cricket kicks off the much-anticipated Men’s U-19 National Conference Championship in Albany, NY, and Houston, TX.
The USAC U-19 domestic pathway is structured into two conferences—East and West—each consisting of eight regional teams. These teams will compete in a minimum of seven matches, with every player participating in at least five games to showcase their abilities. The championship winner will be decided based on points accumulated and Net Run Rate.
Throughout the tournament, USA Cricket Conference Selectors will closely observe the players, aiming to identify talent for two Conference-level squads that will advance to the national tournament. This is a crucial step toward earning a spot on the USA Men’s U-19 National Cricket Team.
East Conference Teams:
- New York
- New Jersey
- DMV
- NJ/GA/NY Combined
- North Carolina
- Georgia
- Michigan
- DC/NC/MI Combined
West Conference Teams:
- Bay Area 1
- Bay Area 2
- Seattle
- Los Angeles
- Missouri
- Dallas
- Houston
- Dallas/Houston Combined
Full Squads for East Conference Teams:
New York Team:
Aarush Naik, Aayush Athavia, Behesti Munfared Chowdhury, Hemakesh Kissoon, Jaden Ramlakhan, Jayden Higgins, Jeremy Samuel, Justin Mingo, Mujtaba Ahmed, Raul Baijnauth, Rishi Rane (Vice-Captain), Roopak Dasararaju, Sahir Bhatia (Captain), Tahmil Syed. Reserves: Ashwin Menon, Kabbo Das. Coach: Akeem Dodson, Manager: George Samuel.
New Jersey Team:
Aaditva Agrawal, Abhiram Gidugu, Adhiran Karthikraja, Adit Kappa, Amrinder Gill, Arya Garg (Captain), Ashwath Gurumurthy, Dev Salian (VC), Kshitij Jain, Mukund Rao, Nimai Bachu, Pooranjay Yadav, Rachit Shah, Ritish Gullapally. Coach: Earl Daley, Manager: Kannan Chandran.
DC Team:
Aaryan Boddupally, Aayush Tejash Patel, Amit Damaraju (Captain), Anish Bhamidipaty, Aum Patel, Ayush Patel (Vice Captain), Balaadithya Ravikumar, Prabhnoor Singh, Raahil Shah, Siddharth Kothale, Sivansh Chekuri, Tanush Apte, Venkata Maheesh Kolahalam, Wesley Jackson. Reserves: Shaurya Vanjari, Yevin Gunatilake. Coach: Nasir Durrani, Manager: Pavan Boddupally.
North Carolina Team:
Abhiram Yeruva, Akhil Koturu, Anirudh Bolisetty, Ansh Rai (Vice-Captain), Bhuvan Rangoli, Mihir Patwardhan, Pranav Gavali, Ritvik Appidi, Saharsh Swethan, Shrish Reddy, Tanish Dongre, Tejeshwar Sankaranarayanan, Utkarsh Srivastava (Captain), Veera Sachin Saravana Kumar. Reserves: Aryan Rajanikanth, Pranjal Rawat. Coach: Vishnu Kode, Manager: Rajender Appidi.
Georgia Team:
Ansh Chaudary, Ayush Pawar, Jahan Patel, Jay Peshwa, Karnik Patel, Kush Patel, Nayan Kumar, Nitish Sudini (Captain), Rohan Damacharla, Subash Sanker, Tanush Patel, Vidyut Venkateshwara, Vivek Kanumuri (Vice-Captain), Vrishabh Doshi. Coach: Alexander Camilus, Manager: Sunil Peshwa.
Michigan Team:
Aryan Garg, Atharva Sati, Jalat Shinwari, Nikhil Mudaliar (Vice-Captain), Pranav Rajesh, Sabbir Sami, Satya Velamarthy (Captain), Shahabuddin Safi, Shriyans Kolipaka, Siddharth Jannu. Reserves: Krishna Thumma, Kaustubh Shitole. Coach: Vishal Shah, Manager: Bhaskar Garg.
Full Squads for West Conference Teams:
Are 1 Team:
Amogh Arepally (Captain), Armaan Mehta, Aryaman Suri, Aryan Mathur, Ayush Maller, Jaiyarjun Sane, Karan Goyal, Madhav Gorantla, Nihal Pandiri, Nikhil Bansal, Pranay Shrestha, Reyansh Rajani, Sameer Bakshi, Shaan Gandhi. Reserves: Dhanush Puli, Yashas Chavan. Coach: Clint Copeland, Manager: Ravi Arepally.
Bay Area 2 Team:
Abhinav Rajeev, Akshat Maheshwari, Anish Namburi, Aryan Krishnan, Eshaan Sundar, Ishan Mishra, Jai Mehta, Kabir Bhatia, Kunal Pandya, Neel Vadodaria, Prathik Kamireddy, Rishi Badiga, Sahil Patel, Sohan Bhatia. Reserves: Aditya Gupta, Vaibhav Vashisht. Coach: Rajat Patankar, Manager: Navin Pandya.
Los Angeles Team:
Ahaan Kumar, Aaryan Kumar, Aditya Dighe, Advay Nayak, Anirudh Konakanchi, Anshul Bhadana, Atharv Rane, Ayush Chaturvedi, Dev Sriram, Ishan Mahajan, Krish Nayak, Rudraksh Gupta, Sanjay Iyer, Shiv Kumar. Reserves: Rohit Yadav, Samarth Kothari. Coach: Divakar Cherukuri, Manager: Sumit Kumar.
San Diego Team:
Aarav Agarwal, Aayan Jain, Arnav Jain, Aryan Choudhary, Dev Kumar, Ishan Sharma, Kairav Shastri, Krish Kumar, Krishnakumar Rathnakumar, Manas Gupta, Raghav Anand, Rohan Sharma, Sahil Bhatia, Shivang Kothari. Reserves: Naman Jain, Shiven Singh. Coach: Anil Bhatia, Manager: Varun Rathnakumar.