Bengaluru: India's batter Shreyas Iyer raises his bat, in celebration after scoring fifty runs during the first day of 2nd test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)
Mumbai: Shreyas Iyer was on Saturday named the captain of the India A team, which will clash with Australia in two unofficial four-day Tests in Lucknow.
The first game against Australia will be played from September 16-19, and the second from September 23-26 at Ekana stadium.
Iyer was not included in the Indian side for the Asia Cup, starting Tuesday. The prolific batter is a part of the West Zone squad in action in the Duleep Trophy semifinal against Central Zone in Bengaluru.
India wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel, who played in the fifth and final Test at The Oval against England in their last assignment, has been named Iyer’s deputy.
Squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran, N Jagadeesan (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel (vc & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Harsh Dubey, Ayush Badoni, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Khaleel Ahmed, Manav Suthar, Yash Thakur.
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