India A Squad Announced for Australia Tour: Ruturaj Gaikwad to Lead, Ishan Kishan Included

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India A Squad Announced for Australia Tour: Ruturaj Gaikwad to Lead, Ishan Kishan Included

India A Team Announced for Australia Tour

The Men’s Selection Committee on Monday announced the India A team for the Australia tour. The captaincy of the 15-member Indian team has been handed over to Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Ishan Kishan has also been given a place in the team. The team will play two first-class matches against Australia A in Mackay and Melbourne. After this, the team will also play a three-day intra-squad game against the senior Indian team in Perth.

Ishan Kishan recently proved himself by playing some good innings. He scored a century in the Buchi Babu Tournament, Duleep Trophy, and Ranji Trophy. Recently he scored 101 runs against Railways. He is waiting for a comeback in the Indian team. Ishan was dropped from BCCI’s central contract.

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India A Squad for Australia Tour

  • Captain: Ruturaj Gaikwad
  • Vice-Captain: Abhimanyu Easwaran
  • Sai Sudharsan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Baba Indrajit, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dayal, Navdeep Saini, Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian
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Match Schedule and Border-Gavaskar Trophy Preparation

Talking about the schedule of India’s Australia tour, the first first-class match will be played from October 31 to November 3. After this, the second first-class match will be played in Melbourne from November 7 to November 10.

After the first-class match, India’s A team will clash with India’s senior team. This match will be held in Perth between November 15 and 17. The Indian team will go to Australia at the end of this month for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. During this, a series of 5 Test matches will be played between India and Australia. To prepare for the series, the Indian senior team will face India A.

Match Dates Location
First-class match vs Australia A October 31 – Nov 3 Mackay
Second-class match vs Australia A November 7 – 10 Melbourne
Intra-squad match vs India November 15 – 17 Perth

Border-Gavaskar Trophy Schedule

Test Dates Location
First Test November 22 – 25 Perth
Second Test December 6 – 10 Adelaide Oval
Third Test December 14 – 18 Gabba
Fourth Test December 26 – 30 Melbourne
Fifth Test January 3 – 7 Sydney
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