The All-India Senior Selection Committee on Wednesday (August 24) announced India ‘A’ squad for the four-day matches against New Zealand ‘A’.

New Zealand ‘A’ will tour India for three four-day matches and as many one-day games next month.

Bengaluru and Hubli will host the red-ball matches while the white-ball games will be played in Chennai. The squad for the white-ball fixtures will be announced later.

Priyank Panchal has been named captain for the four-day matches and the squad also features well-known names such as Kuldeep Yadav, KS Bharat, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sarfaraz Khan, Rahul Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Umran Malik, among others.

India ‘A’ squad for four-day matches:

Priyank Panchal (Captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Tilak Varma, KS Bharat (wk), Upendra Yadav (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Saurabh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal, Arzan Nagwaswalla

Itinerary:

1st four-day match, September 1 to September 4 – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

2nd four-day match, September 8 to September 11 – KSCA Rajnagar Stadium, Hubli

3rd four-day match, September 15 to September 18 – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

1st one-day match, September 22 – M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

2nd one-day match, September 25 – M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

3rd one-day match, September 27 – M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai