BCCI announce India A squad against South Africa A for unofficial ODI series in CSK star's vice-captaincy

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has declared its squad for the upcoming three-match unofficial ODI series for India A against South Africa, which begins on November 13 and continues through November 16 and 19 in Rajkot. As reported earlier, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, the two former captains, are not part of the series.

Tilak Verma, the selected captain for the series for India A, is expected to bat at number four in the line-up. The selectors, who are expected to be present for the three games, could keep an eye on the southpaw before the ODI squad announcement against South Africa, as Shreyas Iyer won’t be part of those three clashes.

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Verma has smashed 1645 runs in 40 innings of List A cricket at an average of 45.69 and a strike rate of 93.35 with the help of five half-centuries and 10 centuries at the best score of unbeaten 156 runs. He has, however, struggled in the T20I series against Australia with 29 runs in two innings.

Tilak Verma to lead India A for three unofficial ODI series against South Africa A

Ruturaj Gaikwad is back in the frame for the 50-over series for India A. He has overall bagged 4324 runs in 83 innings of the domestic ODI format at an average of 56.15 and a strike rate of 101.66 with the help of 17 fifties and 16 centuries at the best score of unbeaten 220 runs.

Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, and Abhishek Sharma- all of whom are part of the current three-match T20I series against Australia- will return for the ODI series. Ayush Badoni has also got his chance in the side along with Manav Suthar.

However, there is no place for either Sanju Samson or Rajat Patidar in the squad. The former is in Australia while the latter is part of the unofficial Test series against the Proteas’ A side.

India A’s squad for three unofficial series against South Africa A

Tilak Varma (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Ishan Kishan (wk), Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Vipraj Nigam, Manav Suthar, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Prabhsimran Singh (wk).