Dowling Shield teams named for 2025

Victorian Premier Cricket clubs have revealed the future stars set to pull on their colours in the Dowling Shield. See every selected side.

The squads have rolled in as Victorian Premier Cricket teams prepare to showcase the state’s future stars.

Clubs have confirmed their squads for the under-16 Dowling Shield which gets underway in January.

Here’s a look at every team’s selected squad.

CAMBERWELL MAGPIES

Archish Awasthi (Lynbrook), Aryan Verma (Williamstown Imperials), Ben Excell (Warranwood), Ben O’Brien (Old Students), Dhruva Bezawada (Donvale), Jack Evans (Kew), Jakey Pietz (Heatherdale), Kye Davidson (Boroondara), Luca Rhodes (Kew), Oliver Schleiger (STC Camberwell), Tanay Bhatkande (Balwyn), Tyler Murray (STC Camberwell), Will Gregory (Camberwell Magpies), Yevin Koralege (Berwick)

CARLTON

Supreeth Bhimavarapu (Yarraville Club), David Caldow (Ex-Servicemen’s Club), Ollie Cassidy (Maryborough), Dhanush Dahiya (Laurimar), Jacob Davidson (South Morang), Kenith Gamage (Williamstown Colts), Merrick Gupta (Preston), Lisath Kandage (Strathmore), Max Mahoney (Essendon), Nicanor Martel (West Coburg St Andrews), Ruben Powell (Brunswick), Japjot Singh (Yarraville), Jujhar Singh Tamber (Williamstown Colts), Abraham Thomas (Ivanhoe)

CASEY SOUTH MELBOURNE

Riyansh Beniwal (Bayswater), Ryder Crawley (Moorabbin), Jaxon Cumming (Seaford Tigers), Archie Grikis (Parkdale), Nikhil Kasarla (Narre Warren), Risith Kumar (Berwick), Campbell Moncrieff (Bundalaguah), Nadim Nazif (Fountain Gate), Macauley Pendergast (Stratford), lan Perera (Buckley Ridges), Akshay Ramkumar (Toorak-Prahran), Blake Rowley (Maffra), Aayan Tanwar (Donvale), Jobe Williams (Phillip Island District)

Akshay Ramkumar. Picture: Andy Brownbill

DANDENONG

Archie Gannon (Nerrena), Ashton Ceeney (Churchill), Atal Mangal (North Dandenong), Charlie Singh (Mont Albert), Cooper Newman (Inverloch), Darcy Freeman (Tooradin), Finley Corrie (Carrum), Henry Allsopp (Western Park), Jacob Dunn (Churchill), Josh Duffield (Sale), Levi Strohbeck (Clayton District), Mitchell Johnson (Lucknow), Ty Debono (Inverloch), Yuthil Ratnaike (Leongatha Town)

ESSENDON

Anmol Basnet (Epping), Sandula Edirisinghe (Taylors Lakes), Advith Godala (Werribee Juniors), Charlie Hillard (Eaglehawk), Aarav Laxman (Epping), Jackson Martin (Essendon), George Martindale (Darley), Luay Miraz (Werribee Juniors), Gus Newing (Coburg), Vanshot Sandhu (Darebin Chargers), Samin Shafquat (Williamstown Colts) Jot Sindhu (Donnybrook), Simrth Singh Gill (Williamstown Colts), Xavier Gillings (West Coburg St Andrews)

FITZROY DONCASTER

Syed Shayan Ahmad (Haig Fawkner), Sandeep Ahuja (Box Hill), Yannick Dobson (Balwyn), Ned Gidley (Warrandyte), Mansukh Jhandi (Donnybrook), Rupptaz Kharoud (Epping), Ryder McMurray (Banyule), Savya Narasimha (Mt Waverley), Daksh Saini (Donvale), Levi Templeton (Grampians), Anujan Vijayarajan (Mazenod OC), Rison Wickramasurendra (Mt Waverley), Lachlan Wu (Mt Waverley), Jonty Yates (Strathfieldsaye)

FOOTSCRAY

Barghav Adirala (West Point), Naitik Doegar (Williamstown Colts), Bayden Hutchins (Old Students), Aryan Kashid (Point Cook Centrals), Ky Lake (Melton), Mubasheeruddin Mohammad (Tarneit), Ryder O’Brien (Darley), Niraj Prakash (Aintree), Tanish Patankar (Point Cook Centrals), Will Pizaro (Rupertswood), Roghan Arun Preethi (Point Cook), Shriram Rangaraju (Williams Landing), George Reinehr (Wendouree), Atharv Prajyot Sawant (Sunshine Heights)

FRANKSTON PENINSULA

Ash Batty (Sorrento), Charlie Beggs (Flinders), Will Cummins (Baden Powell), Ash Hettinayaka (Buckley Ridges), Noah Langham (Delacombe Park), Milan Malwatta (Moorabbin), Felix Payze (Old Peninsula), Cooper Remy (Pines), Archie Sage (Baden Powell), Harish Salwathura (Ormond), Cristian Sperandio (Long Island), Henry Squire (Sorrento), Leo Steenholdt (Old Peninsula), Lachlan Taylor (Pakenham)

Riley Illingworth. Picture: Mark Wilson

GEELONG

Oscar Agg (Geelong City), Jesse Bode (Geelong City), Hamish Craig (Barrabool), Jackson de Jong (Collendina), Harry Emerson (Highton), Charlie Hanegraaf (Barrabool), Luke Harper (Grovedale), Henry Hatswell (Leopold), Riley Illingworth (Portarlington), Charlie Mahncke (Wendouree), Riley McLure (Geelong City), Maahi Patel (Werribee Juniors), Ryder Scott (Grovedale), Patrick Sullivan (Torquay)

GREENVALE KANGAROOS

Akien Alwis (Essendon), Vindiya Bandara (Essendon), Connor Brisbane (Allansford-Panmure), Mitchell Clark (Strathdale Maristans), Xavier Cooknell (Irrewarra), Lueder de Podlinsky (Macedon), Ashley Fernando (Coburg), Lucas Ham (Benalla Bushrangers), Jashan Jaura (Epping), Ollie Melville (Grovedale), Josh Mullavey-Clark (Wallan), Jake Mulqueen (Golden Square), Zane Ryan (Kilmore), Sukhmeet Saini (Hoppers Crossing)

KINGSTON HAWTHORN

Blake Ariens (Dingley), Alex Bridges (Mackie), Lachlan Dance (Parkdale), Imeth De Soysa Amarasekara (Mt Waverley), Ishant Dittakavi (Emmanuel South Oakleigh), Noah Goldberg (Maccabi AJAX), Archer Hankin (Mackie), Keiran Mant (Moorabbin), Jock McKenzie (Washington Park), Rudra Parikh (Heatherdale), Mitchell Powell (Bentleigh), Sanithu Rajapaksha (Buckley Ridges), Arish Surani (Mt Waverley), Mitchell Varty (Pakenham)

MELBOURNE

Kade Ashton (Langwarrin), Eamon Austin (Bendigo United), Nick Critchley (Bentleigh), Rishi Desai (West Coburg St Andrews), Josh Driscoll (Mildura West), Sam Field (Flinders), Sam Hawkins (Mont Albert), Archie Huddart (Essendon), Sidney Johns (Kew), Colby Marr (Nichols Point), Louis Read (Koonwarra Leongatha RSL), Yuvrai Singh (Melbourne), Max Thompson (Nyah District), Hugh Weidemann (Rup-Minyup)

Sam Field on the drive for Flinders. Picture: Craig Barrett Photography.

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY

Thomas Antonius (St Bernards OC), Fabian Cimoli (Marcellin OC), Abhi Devarajan (Balwyn), Jack Elson (Port Melbourne), Harjas Kaile (Rowville), Shevan Kohombanwickremage (Donvale), Jack Mosca (Druids), Thomas Purcell (Donvale), Archie Shore (Gisborne), Rai Singh (MHSOB), Sukhman Singh (Donvale), Ranjodh Singh Smagh (Aintree), Arjun Upadhyay (Yarraville), Sam Williams (St Patricks)

NORTHCOTE

Jonathan Adani (Williamstown), Reuben Alonso (Rosebank), Mehar Banipal (Melton Centrals), Xavier Dodgshun (Rovers United Bruck), Nevon Eshwara (Bentleigh), Aditya Handa (Narre Warren), Cooper Henderson (Albury), Bailey Kennedy (Oak Park St Francis de Sales), Japjeet Khaira (Epping), Reid McNamara (Rovers United Bruck), Connor Ormond (City Colts), Reeve Pannu (Werribee Juniors), Lachlan Rea (Allansford-Panmure), Tom Seipolt (Strathdale Maristans)

PRAHRAN

Alex Pillay (Glen Iris), Alex Robertson (Central Park St Brendan), Arlo Douglas-Hines (South Melbourne), Harvey Weigall (Mackie), Jack Massey (Mont Albert), Logan Collins (Romsey), Nayan Balla (West Point), Patrick Kelly (STC South Camberwell), Rushil Ravi (Nottinghill Brandon Park), Sam Dutton (Ormond), Sash Yuvaraj (Toorak Prahran), Toby Derrick (Wodonga Raiders), Tom Scott (Elwood), William Jamieson (Hampton)

RICHMOND

John Conway (South Melbourne Districts), Parker Edmunds (Brighton), Lachlan Giblett (Beaconsfield), Siddhnant Goel (Brighton), Patrick Horan (Bundalaguah), Sharad Kulkarni (North Dandenong), Luke Lawrence (Brighton), Luke McCann (Beaconsfield), Noah Montgomery (Bentleigh Uniting), Dehan Nanayakkara (Croydon), Lincoln Nicholls (Berwick), Spencer Ries (Brighton), Navinth Satyan (Kew), Tanish Singh (Mackie)

Richmond took out the Dowling Shield title last summer. Picture: Ben Higgins

RINGWOOD

Aiyaan Ariketty (Lysterfield), Toby Bickell (Norwood), Lucas Clausen (Norwood), Ezra Horneman (North Ringwood), Taj Johnstone (Ainslie Park), Camdyn Jones (Mooroolbark), George Lyons (Ainslie Park), James Matthews (Norwood), Charlie Moore (North Ringwood), Ben Nicholls (North Ringwood), Darcy Noonan (Croydon), Xavier Noonan (Croydon), Jayden Rebeiro (Eildon Park), Ansh Sharma (Heatherdale)

ST KILDA

Harry Eagleson-Brash (Rosanna), Arham Farooq (Williamstown Colts), Lachie Gumley (Toorak-Prahran), Charlie Hester (Mont Albert), Darcy Kelson (Brighton), Gurshan Khehra (Endeavour Hills), Yuvrai Lidder (Werribee Juniors), Will McKean (Brighton), Jack O’Brien (Brighton), Ahmed Raza (Bentleigh), Barnaby Smith (Surrey Hills), Louis Stevenson (Toorak-Prahran), Luke Suckling (Glen Iris), Jasper Tudor (Glen Iris)