Following Indian cricket team, who are already in England for their one-dayers and Test matches, the MCC (Mumbai Cricket Club) comprising under-16 and under-19 boys have embarked on a tour to UK where they will be playing nine matches with some of the top clubs /colleges teams, including champion college Eton during their 15-day tour. On the opening day they had indoor practice at historic Lords cricket ground. The tour is being organised with the support of ex- Surrey cricketer Martin Couch and Ashwani Arora, who has been playing in local clubs there for the last 25 years. Interestingly Couch, now 75, is still an active player of his club.
The MCC U-16 players with coaches Vinayak Samant and Jwala Singh, director/manager MCC pose before their tour of England.
The MCC Under-16 team is captained by Pratik Mhatre and coached by ex-Mumbai Ranji player Vinayak Samant and Jwala Singh, the Director of MCC.
The team is:Pratik Mhatre (Captain), Aman Parikh, Sagar Parikh, Prajwal Rai, Araham Jain, Nishant Trivadi, Yash Manwani, Amit Lakhyani, Harsh Bhandari, Pranav Ramchandani, Maanit Rastogi, Parth Samant, Diyan Kubadia and Rujuta Pathak .