File picture of Abhimanyu Easwaran© X (previously Twitter)
Bengal veteran Abhimanyu Easwaran was on Saturday named captain of a 13-member India A squad for the upcoming four-day match in opposition to visiting England Lions which will probably be preceded by a warm-up fixture. The 2 groups will interact in a two-day warm-up match in Ahmedabad on January 12-13, adopted by the four-day match on the Narendra Modi Stadium from January 17-20. Amongst others, the Indian workforce includes Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, KS Bharat and Navdeep Saini. India A are coming off a tour of South Africa, the place they performed a few unofficial Check matches, with each ending in attracts.
Bharat was named the skipper for the sequence in South Africa, and Easwaran too was a part of the squad.
Easwaran featured in solely a sport, managing 18 runs, whereas Bharat obtained solely six runs.
Pradosh Ranjan Paul, who is part of the unit for the England Lions sequence, will probably be one of many gamers to be careful for as he was the very best run-scorer for his facet in South Africa, making 163 runs within the opening unofficial Check.
India A squad versus England Lions:Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), 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) and Akash Deep.
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