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India A to tour Australia for quadrangular one-day series and 4-days Tests

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The BCCI has announced the squad for India A's tour to Australia, and Naman Ojha will lead the side with Rahul Dravid mentoring the youngsters. India will play in a quadrangular one-day tournament, which will also feature South Africa A, Australia A, and Australia's National Performance Squad.

The All-India Senior Selection Committee met earlier today, to pick the India ‘A’ team for the two four-day matches against Australia ‘A’ and the quadrangular series involving South Africa ‘A’, Australia ‘A’ and Cricket Australia’s National Performance Squad (NPS).

The team is as follows:

Naman Ojha (captain), Faiz Fazal, Akhil Herwadkar, Shreyas Iyer, Karun Nair, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Varun Aaron, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Barinder Sran, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sanju Samson. Coach – Rahul Dravid

Harrup Park will host the Finals of the one-day leg of the tournament, while Allan Border Field will host the first class four-day fixtures.

Fixtures:

One-day Series

13 August, South Africa A v NPS, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville

14 August, Australia A v India A, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville

16 August, Australia A v NPS, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville

17 August, South Africa A v India A, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville

20 August, Australia A v South Africa A, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville

21 August, India A v NPS, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville

24 August, NPS v Australia A, Harrup Park, Mackay

25 August, South Africa A v India A, Harrup Park, Mackay

27 August, NPS v India A, Harrup Park, Mackay

28 August, Australia A v South Africa A, Harrup Park, Mackay

30 August, Australia A v India A, Harrup Park, Mackay

31 August, South Africa A v NPS, Harrup Park, Mackay

3 September; Final 3 v 4, Harrup Park, Mackay

4 September, Final 1 v 2, Harrup Park, Mackay

Four-day matches

8-11 September, Australia A v India A, Allan Border Field, Brisbane

15-18 September, Australia A v India A, Allan Border Field, Brisbane

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