Yadram, Persaud selected for WI U19 team tour of S/Africa

West Indies Under19 selectees Joshua Persaud and Bhaskar Yadram (right) at the launching of the Hand-in-Hand Insurance Under19 Inter– County competition yesterday. The pair will turn out for Demerara before leaving for their tour to Africa. (Royston Alkins photo)

Guyanese duo Bhaskar Yadram and Joshua Persaud have earned themselves West Indies Under – 19 selections to tour the continent of Africa from June 20th to July 30th.

The West Indie U19 team will play five One-Day Internationals (ODI) against South Africa’s Under- 19s. The Caribbean side will also journey to Zimbabwe for further ODI engagements.

Yadram, a talented right-hand opening batsman who made his first-class debut against the Leewards Island