Congratulations Hornets fast bowler Charlie Lachmund.

A quartet of maroon-grown teens will take a sizable step next month when they represent the Australian Under-19 squad against their touring Indian counterparts in Brisbane.

Sandgate-Redcliffe batter Steven Hogan, Valley batter Jayden Draper and pace bowlers Charlie Lachmund (Ipswich) and Ben Gordon (Sunshine Coast) were included today in a squad to play India in Brisbane and Mackay.

The tour will see Hogan pick up the threads of his previous U19 series against India, which saw him score a century in India last season.

India clean swept Australia in both the one-day and four-day series at home in September-October last year.

Draper, named in the Team of the Tournament following the National Under-19 championships last season, comes into the squad for the first time alongside pace bowlers Lachmund and Gordon.

The young right-arm quicks both made first grade debuts for their clubs in the KFC Queensland Premier Cricket last summer, with each representing Queensland at youth level.

They were also Queensland Under-17 representatives in 2023-24 and Toowoomba Grammar product Lachmund was in the U-19 maroon team last summer while Gordon was sidelined due to injury.

Draper’s selection continues a family history in elite sport, with his father Scott enjoying professional sporting careers in tennis and golf.

The 17-member Indian side includes 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who had lit up IPL 2025 with his power-packed batting earlier in the year.

Australia v India U19 Series 2025 – Men

• September 21: 1st youth ODI, Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane, 2:30pm AEST (D/N)

• September 24: 2nd youth ODI, Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane, 2:30pm AEST (D/N)

• September 26: 3rd youth ODI, Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane, 2:30pm AEST (D/N)

• September 30-October 3: 1st youth Test, Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane, 10am AEST

• October 7-10: 2nd youth Test, Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay, 11am AEDT

Australia Men’s U19 Squad: 

• Simon Budge (WA/Melville CC) 

• Alex Turner (VIC/Prahran CC) 

• Steve Hogan (QLD/Sandgate-Redcliffe District CC) 

• Will Malajczuk (WA/Subiaco Floreat CC) 

• Yash Deshmukh (NSW/Fairfield Liverpool CC) 

• Tom Hogan (ACT/Ginninderra CC) 

• Aryan Sharma (VIC/Carlton CC) 

• John James (NSW/Northern Districts CC) 

• Hayden Schiller (SA/Northern Districts CC) 

• Charles Lachmund (QLD/Western Districts CC) 

• Ben Gordon (QLD/Sunshine Coast Scorchers) 

• Will Byrom (NSW/Northern Districts CC) 

• Kasey Barton (NSW/Sutherland CC) 

• Alex Lee Young (NSW/Mosman CC) 

• Jayden Draper (QLD/Valley District Cricket Club).