BCCI announces India “A” Squads for four-day game against SA ‘A’ & Quadrangular Series

After a successful England tour, the BCCI have announced India A squads for the two four day matches against South Africa A and also the quadrangular series involving South Africa, Australia and India B. In the four-day match against South Africa A, the team will be led by Sheryas Iyer.

Prithvi Shaw, R Samarth, Mayank Agarwal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Hanuma Vihari, Ankit Bawne, KS Bharat. Also included in the squad is India’s leg-spinner, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Jayant Yadav, Rajneesh Gurbani, Navdeep Saini, Ankit Rajpoot and Mohammed Siraj have been included in the 16 member squad. Axar Patel has been included in the 1^st four-day match while Shahbaz Nadeem has been included in the 2^nd four-day match.

India A and South Africa A will play the first four-day match at Belgaum from 4^th August. The 2^nd four-day match starts from 10^th August at Bangalore.

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Yuzvendra Chahal has been selected to test him in the longest format. From 1^st August 2018, India will take on England in 5 match test series. Karun Nair and Pant will not be a part of the squad as they have been included in the Indian senior team.

For the quadrangular series, India A will be captained by Sheryas Iyer. In this team, Prithvi Shaw, R Samarth, Surya Kumar Yadav, Hanuma Vihari, Nitish Rana, Siddesh Lad. Sanju Samson has been named as the wicketkeeper. Mayank Markande, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Siraj, Shivam Mavi and Khaleel Ahmed have been included.

The series begins on 17^th August and finishes on 29^th. All the matches will be played at Vijayawada.

India A squad for the two-day practice match:  Prithvi Shaw, R Samarth, Mayank Agarwal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Hanuma Vihari, Ankit Bawne, KS Bharat (WK), Axar Patel ( 1^st four day game), S Nadeem ( 2^nd four day game), Yuzvendra Chahal, Jayant Yadav, Rajneesh Gurbani, Navdeep Saini, Ankit Rajpoot, Mohammed Siraj

Squads for quadrangular series

India A

Prithvi Shaw, R Samarth, Suryakumar Yadav, Hanuma Vihari, Nitish Rana, Siddesh Lad, Sheryas Iyer (C), Sanju Samson (WK), Mayank Markande, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Siraj, Shivam Mavi, Khaleel Ahmed

India B

Mayank Agarwal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Manish Pandey (C), Deepak Hooda, Ricky Bhui, Vijay Shankar, Ishan Kishan (WK), Sheryas Gopal, Jayant Yadav, DA Jadeja, Siddarth Kaul, Prasidh Krishna, Kulwant Khejroliya, Navdeep Saini.