Overview

• The 15-player roster features Victoria batter Aryan Sharma and New South Wales all-rounder Yash Deshmukh as the first Indian-origin selections in the side.
• Three one-day internationals at Brisbane’s Ian Healy Oval precede two four-day red-ball matches in Brisbane and Mackay from September 21 to October 10.
• Nielsen makes his U19 coaching debut after serving as Australia’s senior men’s coach from 2007 to 2011.
• The tour serves as a key pillar of Cricket Australia’s talent identification strategy ahead of the January 2026 ICC Under-19 World Cup in Zimbabwe and Namibia.
• Selections from clubs such as Carlton Cricket Club and Fairfield Liverpool Cricket Club highlight the growing multicultural pathways within Australia’s youth cricket system.