SPORTS
Newsday reporter
The TT Cricket Board (TTCB) has congratulated Trinidad and Tobago players Shiva Sankar, Anderson Mahase and Vasant Singh on their selection in the West Indies squad for the upcoming International Cricket Council U-19 Caribbean Cup.
Sankar is a right-arm medium-pacer and middle-order batsman and Mahase is an orthodox left-arm spinner and middle-order batsman. Both have been selected in West Indies’ 15-man regional squad and Singh is one of five reserves.
Sankar is from Central and is affiliated with Esmeralda Sports. Mahase is from the East and plays with Aranguez Sports Club. Singh is from the North East.
Mahase and Sankar were in a group of 16 TT players initially selected for the trials held in Antigua and Barbuda.
After the initial trials, seven TT players including Amrit Dass, Justin Jaggessar, Kyle Kissondath, Siam Hackett, Vasant Singh, Shiva Sankar and Anderson Mahase were included in the trial matches.
Only Sankar and Mahase received nomination from the West Indies selectors for the final squad. Sankar was a consistent performer throughout with bat and ball, while Mahase also had a century and a half in local Tests.
The final squad is expected to travel to St Vincent to play South Africa U-19s as part of final preparations before the tournament begins on January 15.
“TTCB wishes the selected players all the best in their future endeavors and will continue to monitor their development and safety throughout the tournament,” said a TTCB media release on Tuesday.
