Abhimanyu Easwaran To Lead India A Against England Lions At Home | Cricket News

Bengal veteran Abhimanyu Easwaran was on Saturday named captain of a 13-member India A squad for the upcoming four-day match in opposition to visiting England Lions which might be preceded by a warm-up fixture. The two groups will have interaction in a two-day warm-up match in Ahmedabad on January 12-13, adopted by the four-day match on the Narendra Modi Stadium from January 17-20. Among others, the Indian crew includes Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, KS Bharat and Navdeep Saini. India A are coming off a tour of South Africa, the place they performed a few unofficial Test matches, with each ending in attracts.

Bharat was named the skipper for the collection in South Africa, and Easwaran too was a part of the squad.

Easwaran featured in solely a sport, managing 18 runs, whereas Bharat acquired solely six runs.

Pradosh Ranjan Paul, who is part of the unit for the England Lions collection, might be one of many gamers to be careful for as he was the very best run-scorer for his aspect in South Africa, making 163 runs within the opening unofficial Test.

India A squad versus England Lions:Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, KS Bharat (wk), Manav Suthar, Pulkit Narang, Navdeep Saini, Tushar Deshpande, Vidwath Kaverappa, Dhruv Jurel (wk) and Akash Deep.