Rishabh Pant named in the Indian squad following a good IPL season
Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant on Tuesday was picked for the ‘India-A’ squad that will play against ‘West Indies-A’ starting from July 11, 2019. Pant has been named in the squad for five one-day games with Manish Pandey named as their skipper.
The national selector announced the teams that will play against Sri Lanka-A and West Indies-A. Two Test matches and five one-day matches will be played against Sri Lanka-A starting from May 25. Ishan Kishan has been named as captain and wicket-keeper of the team against Sri Lanka-A in Tests, while PK Panchal as captain for one-day games.
Shreyas Iyer has been named as captain against West Indies-A in three Tests with Wriddhiman Saha as their wicket-keeper.
Some young performers from the Indian Premier League also got a chance to showcase their talent. Shreyas Gopal, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed, Rahul Chahar, Mayank Markande, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube among others got a chance to play for India.
Here’s the squad:
India A squad for 2 multi-day matches against Sri Lanka A: Ishan Kishan (C/WK), Anmolpreet Singh, Rituraj Gaikwad, Deepak Hooda, Ricky Bhui, Shubman Gill, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Gopal, Washington Sundar, Mayank Markande, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Warrier, Ishan Porel, Prashant Chopra
India A squad for 5 one-day matches against Sri Lanka A: PK Panchal (C), AR Easwaran, Anmolpreet Singh, Ricky Bhui, Siddhesh Lad, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, KS Bharat (WK), Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, A Sarwate, Sandeep Warrier, Ankit Rajpoot, Ishan Porel
India A squad for 5 one-day matches against West Indies A: Manish Pandey (C), Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishab Pant (WK), Rahul Chahar, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan
India A squad for 1st and 2nd multi-day matches against West Indies A: Shreyas Iyer (C), PK Panchal, AR Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Shivam Dube, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), KS Bharat (WK), K Gowtham, S Nadeem, Mayank Markande, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan
India A squad for 3rd multi-day match against West Indies A: Shreyas Iyer (C), Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Shivam Dube, Mayank Markande, K Gowtham, S Nadeem, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan
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