Easwaran named captain as BCCI announces India A team for Eng series
Mumbai:The Men’s Selection Committee named a 13-member India ‘A’ squad for a 2-day warm-up fixture and the first multi-day match against England Lions.
India ‘A’ will play a total of 3 multi-day matches in the tour.
The tour will begin with a two-day warm-up game, starting on January 12 and will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium Ground B at Ahmedabad.
The first four-day match, commencing on January 17 will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Bengal cricketer Abhimanyu Easwaran has been named captain. Some players like Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, and Pradosh Paul, would be vying for cementing the middle-order spot in the Indian Test side.
Sai Sudharsan and Patidar made their ODI debuts in South Africa while Pradosh had a pretty good outing for India A in the red-ball match against South Africa A.
The pace department will be led by Navdeep Saini and Akash Deep will lead the pace department.
Akash Deep was included in India’s team in the latter part of the South Africa ODIs and has been knocking at the doors of senior teams. There will be a fight for the third seamer’s pie between Karnataka’s Vidwath Kaverappa and veteran Mumbai pacer Tushar Deshpande.
Young Rajasthan left-arm Manav Suthar would like to impress the national selectors as he has been an emerging player with a very good show in the last domestic season.
The India A and England Lions series will be played as a shadow tour to England’s five-match series against India starting from January 25.
Squad: Abhimanyu Easwaran (Captain), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, KS Bharat (WK), Manav Suthar, Pulkit Narang, Navdeep Saini, Tushar Deshpande, Vidwath Kaverappa, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Akash Deep.