MUMBAI, Aug 10:
Discarded Test opener Abhinav Mukund was today appointed captain of the India ‘A’ team for the tour of New Zealand while Rajasthan’s Ashok Menaria will be the Tamil Nadu opener’s deputy.
India ‘A’ side will be touring New Zealand during September-October, when they will be playing three limited- overs matches, lone T20 and two four-day first-class games against their counterparts.
Young batsman Anustup Mazumdar was rewarded with a maiden call-up after good season for Bengal and East Zone in domestic cricket while Mumbai’s attractive middle-order batsman B Suryakumar Yadav was also given his first chance for India ‘A’ by the senior national selection committee.
The India ‘A’ team: Abhinav Mukund, Ashok Menaria, Naman Ojha, Mandeep Singh, Anustup Majumdar, Ambati Rayudu, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Akshay Darekar, Vinay Kumar, Mohammed Shami Surya Kumar Yadav, Jalaj Saxena, Rahul Sharma, Rituraj Singh Jaydev Unadkat, Unmukt Chand, Sanjay Jagdale. (PTI)