Chennai: Abhimanyu Easwaran will lead the India-A squad for the 2 tour video games in opposition to England Lions beginning on May 30 and the intra-team match in opposition to the senior crew forward of India’s five-match Test collection in opposition to England subsequent month.
Meanwhile, Shubman Gill, one of many contenders for the Test captaincy following Rohit Sharma’s retirement and his Gujarat Titans teammate B. Sai Sudharsan can be accessible from the second match.
As anticipated, the selectors have included Karun Nair, who final performed a Test for India in 2017, following a stellar home season. Karun scored 863 runs for Vidarbha and was a key architect of his facet profitable the Ranji Trophy, which included centuries in the quarterfinal and the summit conflict.
Left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey, one other key member of Vidarbha’s title-winning set-up, has additionally been rewarded for his record-breaking efficiency in the nation’s premier home match, in which he scalped 69 wickets, probably the most by a bowler in a single season.
The squad for the tour video games contains Test regulars and gamers whose IPL groups have been eradicated from the competitors. However, it might be difficult for the likes of Karun, Shardul Thakur, Harshit Rana, Akash Deep, and Mukesh Kumar, whose groups are in the hunt for the Playoffs. It stays to be seen in the event that they journey to England if their respective groups make it to the top-four.
India-A squad: Abhimanyu Easwaran (Capt.), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel (v-c) (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan (wk), Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sarfaraz Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Harsh Dubey
The schedule: May 30-June 2: vs England Lions (Canterbury); June 6-9: vs England Lions (Northampton); June 13-16: India ‘A’ vs India (Beckenham)
Published – May 16, 2025 10:32 pm IST