Gary Wilson and Gary Kidd have been selected for the 10-day camp, starting on February 24, and they will be joined in the 14-member squad by Rush wicket-keeper batsman Fintan McAllister and Clontarf and Middlesex graduate Andrew Poynter. All four played in the last Under-19 World Cup finals.

Ireland are the only Associate country to have four of their nominees accepted.

Scotland and the Netherlands have three each, Guernsey two, while Gibraltar and, for the first time, Israel are the other countries who will be represented.

And there will be a familiar face among the coaches in Mumbai.

Adrian Birrell, the mentor who took the Ireland squad to this year's World Cup finals, before stepping down, will be one of the coaching staff, led by ICC regional development officer Philip Hudson.

Previous European Academies have taken place at Loughborough College and La Manga, but this year the decision was taken to further the players' education with the move to the sub-continent for the 2008 event.

"Holding the academy on the sub-continent will allow all players the opportunity to develop their game on different surfaces and in different conditions to what they have become accustomed to," said Hudson.

"All of these young cricketers have the potential to play for their national teams in the near future and with many of our Associate and Affiliate sides participating more frequently on the international stage, it is essential that they learn to play on different types of surfaces."

The academy will take place from February 24-March 5 and the programme will consist of five days of practice and three matches against a variety of opposition including an under-19 state side.

There will be one two-day and two one-day matches.

None of Ireland's current crop of under-19 players could be considered as the Academy takes place at the same time as the World Cup finals in Kuala Lumpur.

All 14 are aged between 18 and 22, with Wilson, the former Civil Service North player, now a full-time professional with Surrey, the most experienced having played 14 games for Ireland.

Waringstown's Kidd also played three one-day internationals for Ireland during last summer.