The players - Apandanka Marak, Gaurav Jyoti Thakuria and Dipayan Nandi - have been selected on the basis of their tremendous performances during this season's U-16 boys Vijay Merchant Trophy, which ran from 1 December 2023 to 6 January 2024 in which Meghalaya were the runners-up in the plate group.Â
A solid fight took Meghalaya to within touching distance of victory but they were beaten by Railways by 32 runs in their last Men's U-23 State A Trophy, a domestic one day tournament organised by the BCCI.
Meghalaya came agonisingly close to their first victory of the season in BCCI domestic cricket but fell short by just 4 runs against Sikkim in the Women's U-19 T20 Trophy in Mumbai on Friday.
Meghalaya came within touching distance of victory but were ultimately denied by Mizoram in their Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 match in Jaipur on Thursday.
