INDA v NZA 2022: Shardul Thakur included in India A squad as replacement for Prasidh Krishna

Earlier, Shardul Thakur was supposed to play for West Zone.

By Abhishek Ghan - 05 Sep, 2022

Shardul Thakur has been brought in to fill in for Prasidh Krishna in the India 'A' squad for the ongoing unofficial Test series against New Zealand 'A' at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

According to a recent Cricbuzz report, Krishna had to pull out of the series due to a back injury. Thakur, who had previously been named in the West Zone squad for the Duleep Trophy, had to be removed from the team due to his selection in the India 'A' squad. 

As per the report, Chetan Sakariya has been selected to take the Mumbai cricketer’s place in the zonal team.

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The selectors sent an SOS call to Shardul Thakur who was holidaying in Thailand and asked him to return immediately.

On Sunday (September 04), the opening match between India A and New Zealand A ended in a draw. 

The series will continue with two more matches, beginning on September 8 and 15 at Hubli and Bengaluru, respectively.

Thakur will shortly join the Priyank Panchal-led team in Karnataka.

India A squad: Priyank Panchal (Captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraaz Khan, Tilak Varma, KS Bharat (wk), Upendra Yadav (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Saurabh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal, and Arzan Nagwaswalla.

West Zone Squad: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Chirag Jani, Het Patel, Hardik Tamore, Shams Mulani, Tanish Kotian, Atit Seth, Chintan Gaja, Chetan Sakaria, Jaydev Unadkat, and Satyajeet Bachhav.

(CRICBUZZ INPUTS)

 

By Abhishek Ghan - 05 Sep, 2022

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