The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Thursday (September 7), announced the 14-member squad for the Board President’s XI, which will take on Australia in a warm-up match before the visitors play against India in the five-match ODI series and three T20I series. The warm-up game will be played at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium on September 12.
The board has rewarded the players who did well in last season’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy with the likes of Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Gukeerat Mann, Govind Poddar and others making it to the squad. Tripathi and Rana were also two of the most impressive performers in this year’s Indian Premier League. Tripathi, who was drafted in the playing eleven after the few initial matches, made a mark straight away and played an integral role in Rising Pune Supergiant’s march to the final, scoring 391 runs in 14 games while Rana played one game less than Tripathi and scored an impressive 333 runs
Former Indian batsman Hemang Badani, who is currently coaching Chepauk Super Gillies in Tamil Nadu Premier League, will coach the team. Meanwhile, the Australian players will arrive in India in two batches on September 8 and 9. The five-match ODI series will start on September 17 in Chennai.
Board President XI squad:
Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal, Shivam Chaudhary, Nitish Rana, Govind Poddar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sreevats Goswami, Akshay Karnewar, Kulwan Kheroliya, Krushang Patel, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Washington Sundar, Rahil Shah