India A Team For Australia Tour Announced
By Indian Cricket Fever
June 27 2016
BCCI has revived the India A tours and under the guidance of Rahul Dravid, they should do well down under, and come back with a lot of new cricket knowledge under their belts. Excited to see the names of Shreyas Iyer, Vijay Shankar and Faiz Fazal among the young batsmen who will benefit from the tour. Also good to see more experienced players like captain Naman Ojha, Dhawal Kulkarni, Varun Aaron, Manish Pandey and Axar Patel also included...
The All-India Senior Selection Committee met earlier today, to pick the India ‘A’ team for the two four-day matches against Australia ‘A’ and the quadrangular series involving South Africa ‘A’, Australia ‘A’ and Cricket Australia’s National Performance Squad (NPS).
The team is as follows:
Naman Ojha (captain), Faiz Fazal, Akhil Herwadkar, Shreyas Iyer, Karun Nair, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Barinder Sran, Varun Aaron, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sanju Samson. Coach – Rahul Dravid
Harrup Park will host the Finals of the one-day leg of the tournament, while Allan Border Field will host the first class four-day fixtures.
Fixtures:
One-day Series
13 August, South Africa A v NPS, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville
14 August, Australia A v India A, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville
16 August, Australia A v NPS, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville
17 August, South Africa A v India A, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville
20 August, Australia A v South Africa A, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville
21 August, India A v NPS, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville
24 August, NPS v Australia A, Harrup Park, Mackay
25 August, South Africa A v India A, Harrup Park, Mackay
27 August, NPS v India A, Harrup Park, Mackay
28 August, Australia A v South Africa A, Harrup Park, Mackay
30 August, Australia A v India A, Harrup Park, Mackay
31 August, South Africa A v NPS, Harrup Park, Mackay
3 September; Final 3 v 4, Harrup Park, Mackay
4 September, Final 1 v 2, Harrup Park, Mackay
Four-day matches
8-11 September, Australia A v India A, Allan Border Field, Brisbane
15-18 September, Australia A v India A, Allan Border Field, Brisbane
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