Tessa Harshan from St Joseph's HSS, Alappuzha, and Jins K Joby from St Ephreme's Mannanam, will lead Kerala in the 38th Youth National Basketball Championships starting at Puducherry from Tuesday.
The boys' team is being coached by Siji Jose from the Kerala State Sports Council while Sohul K Lal from the Directorate of Sports is coaching the girls.
The teams: Girls: Tessa Harshan (capt, Alappuzha), Diya Biju, Arthika A K, Claudia Onden, Adlein Mariya Jose (Kozhikode), Nirnjanna Jiju, Liya Maria, Aria Jeslin Martha (Thrissur), Varsha A B (Thiruvananthapuram), Ayana Martyam Philip (Kollam), Ananya Mol E S (Kottayam), Anagha R (Kannur)
Coach: Sohul K Lal (Directorate of Sports), assistant coach: Athul (Kozhikode)
Manager: Aneeta P V (Kannur)
Boys: Jins K Joby (capt), Milan Jose Mathew, Johan Thomas Joji (Kottayam), Niyath Salil, Vinay Sankar, Jeevan K Joby (Thrissur), Neo John Vincent (Alappuzha), Safin Santhosh (Kozhikode), Vasudev P S, (Ernakulam), Sachu Santhosh (Kollam), Aisbha l(Thiruvananthapuram), Naijal Jacob (Idukki)
Coach: Siji K Jose (KSSC)
Manager: Fr Arun Jose (St Joseph HSS, Pulinkunnu)