The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on August 24 (Wednesday) announced the squad for the four-day matches between India A and New Zealand A slated to begin from next month. Gujarat batter Priyank Panchal has been appointed as the skipper of the India A side while Sarfaraz Khan, Umran Malik and Ruturaj Gaikwad were also included in the 17-member squad. Mumbai Indians' Tilak Varma earned a maiden call-up to India A squad.
The two teams are scheduled to play three four-day matches and the fixtures will be Bengaluru and Hubli. The first match will be played between September 1-4, second between September 8-11 and third between 15-18.
The two teams will also play a three-match ODI series, the squads for which will be announced later. All three limited-overs matches will be held at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
India A squad: Priyank Panchal (Captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Tilak Varma, KS Bharat (wk), Upendra Yadav (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Saurabh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal, Arzan Nagwaswalla
