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India A National Cricket Team vs Australia A National Cricket Team: The selection committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), headed by Ajit Agarkar, has announced the India A national cricket team for the tour of Australia. In this team, Ruturaj Gaikwad has been made the captain and Abhimanyu Easwaran has been made the vice-captain. Both these players are in the race to become the backup openers of the Indian main team for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25. Players from India's Test or T20 International team have not been selected for this tour, as the tour coincides with the third Test against New Zealand and a four-match T20 series against South Africa. Also read: The hopes of these four teams including Pakistan in the World Test Championship final are broken, a miracle is needed to enter the WTC.
Two four-day first-class matches will be played between India A and Australia A, starting on 31 October (MacKay Cricket Ground) and 7 November (Melbourne Cricket Ground). After this, the India A team will play a three-day match against the Indian national cricket team at the WACA Stadium in Perth, which will be part of the preparation for the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) to be held at the Optus Stadium from November 22.
The name of Nitish Kumar Reddy is the most surprising one in this team, because he recently took part in the three-match T20 series against Bangladesh, in which he performed excellently. Also won the Player of the Match (POTM) award in the second match. His selection also indicates that he may be ruled out of the South Africa tour, but his chances of making the senior squad for the five-match Test series in India have increased as India look for a fast bowling all-rounder. Is.
Ishan Kishan, Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini and Devdutt Padikkal are the four players who have previously played Test cricket for India. While Ishan Kishan has once again made a place in India's red-ball cricket team, Shreyas Iyer has not found a place in the team even though he has been the mainstay of the team's middle order in less than a year. Had emerged.
India A squad for Australia tour: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vice-captain), Sai Sudarshan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Baba Inderjeet, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Mukesh Kumar, Khalil Ahmed, Yash Dayal, Navdeep. Saini, Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian
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