New Delhi. India has announced a team for the tour of England. BCCI has made Abhimanyu Ishwaran the captain of India A team. 29 -year -old Ishwaran has not played a single match for India so far. Batters like Ishaan Kishan, Karun Nair have returned in India A team. India A team will play two matches before the Indo-England Test series. Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan will join this team before the second match.
Indian selectors have made wicketkeeper Batter Dhruv Jurlel the vice -captain of India A team. India A Team will play two matches in Cantabury and Northampton. An 18 -member team has been declared for the first match. Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan will also join the team in the second match. In this way, there will be at least 11 such players in India A team, who have played Test matches for India. These include Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurlel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ishaan Kishan, Shardul Thakur, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Sarfaraz Khan and Shubman Gill.
India will play 5 -match Test series
The Indian team will play a 5 -match Test series against England from 20 June. After the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, India will take the field with the new Test captain in this series. In this race of captaincy, Shubman Gill has gone ahead. Sending him on England tour before the Test series is also a sign.
Ishaan Kishan's selection shocking
Ishaan Kishan's return has been a bit surprising. After being out of the Indian Test team, Ishaan has not had such a demonstration which should be called fantastic. But the selectors want to give them full opportunity by choosing them for the tour of England. However, it is also certain that Ishaan Kishan's number will come in the Indian team only after KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Dhruv Jurlel.
India A Team: Abhimanyu Ishwaran (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurael (vice -captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Ishaan Kishan, Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Khalil Ahmed, Rituraj Gaikwad, Sarfaraj Khan, Thar Desh Dubey. Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan (for second match)
