Selectors have made quite a few changes in the India A side, with one of them being the forced one. An injured Shubham Gill will be missing the first three unofficial one-day games against New Zealand A side, and he has been replaced by Maharashtra batsman Ankit Bawne, who was to join the team for the last two one-day games. He has been rewarded with a place in his century in the second unofficial Test against New Zealand A.
In another change, Deepak Hooda, who was to stay with the team for first three One-dayers, will now be on the side until the end of the series.
BCCI had announced two teams for the five-match series against New Zealand A. Shreyas Iyer was announced as the captain of the side for first three games before Rishab Pant would succeed him for the last two matches. However, selectors were forced to make some more changes.
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The five-match One-day series between India A and New Zealand A will be played from October 6 to 15 in Visakhapatnam. Both the teams have already played two match unofficial Test series, which the home side won by a margin of 2-0.
The ‘A’ series is a key for the members of both the teams to attract selectors before they announce the squad for the international fixtures.
Squad for first three games: Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Deepak Hooda, Ankit Bawne, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Shahbaz Nadeem, Karn Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Basil Thampi.
Squad for last two games: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prashant Chopra, Ankit Bawne, Deepak Hooda, B Aparajith, Rishabh Pant (capt, wk), Shahbaz Nadeem, Karn Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Basil Thampi.
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