Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran will lead the India A side during their forthcoming tour to England, ahead of the five-match Test series of the senior side. The selectors have extended their faith in the 29-year-old Easwaran despite his poor returns during the A team’s tour to Australia last year, ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Dhruv Jurel, meanwhile, has been selected as Easwaran’s deputy.
Easwaran, who has yet to represent the national side, returned scores of 12, 7, 0 and 17 as India A lost both unofficial games on tour in Australia.
“The Men’s Selection Committee has named the India A squad for the upcoming tour of England, where the team will play two first-class matches against the England Lions at Canterbury and Northampton. The tour will conclude with a match against Team India (Senior Men),” the BCCI said in a statement on Friday.
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“ and Sai Sudharsan will join the squad ahead of the second match,” the statement added as a note.
Shardul Thakur, and Ishan Kishan have also been named in the India A squad, marking their return to the national set up after a long break. Ruturaj Gaikwad, who was injured and ruled out of the entire season, was also picked which indicates that the batter might be on his way to full fitness soon.
India A squad for England tour: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel (VC) (WK), Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan (WK), Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, , Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sarfaraz Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Harsh Dubey
May 30- June 2: India A vs England Lions in Canterbury
June 6-9: India A vs England Lions in Northampton
June 13-16: India A vs India senior team in Beckenham
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