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India tour of Australia: The Indian cricket team is currently playing a test series against New Zealand. After this the team is going to tour Australia. A series of five test matches is to be played. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief selector Ajit Agarkar has announced the India-A team under the captaincy of Ruturaj Gaikwad. He has made Abhimanyu Easwaran the vice-captain.
Will keep an eye on Rituraj and Abhimanyu
After joining India A team on Australia tour, Ruturaj and Abhimanyu have become contenders to join the senior team as backup openers. No players from India's Test or T20 squad are included in the India A squad as their schedule will clash with the Test match against New Zealand and the T20 match against South Africa. The Indian team will play the New Zealand Test series till 5 November. Then there will be a series of 4 T20 matches in South Africa from 8 to 15 November.
India-A program in Australia
India-A and Australia-A will play 2 four-day first-class matches against each other. The first match will start on 31 October and the second match will start on 7 November. Then Rituraj Gaikwad's team will face the senior team captained by Rohit Sharma. A practice match will be played between the two. The team of Rohit Sharma and Ruturaj Gaikwad will play a 3-day match at the WACA Stadium in Perth from 15 to 17 November. After this, the first match of Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played on 22 November at Optus Stadium in Perth.
Biggest surprise for the team
Nitish Kumar Reddy is the biggest surprise in the Indian team. This was part of the three-match T20 series against Bangladesh. He was chosen player of the match in the second match. His involvement was confirmed, ruling him out of the South Africa tour. Before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the selectors want to test him with the red ball. If he performs well then he can be included in the team as an all-rounder.
Ishan Kishan gets a chance, Iyer out
Ishan Kisan, Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini and Devdutt Padikkal are the players in the team who have played Test cricket for India. Kishan has found a way to return to Test cricket for India. On the other hand, there was no place for Shreyas Iyer despite becoming a vital part of the team in the middle order less than a year ago. He scored runs in Ranji Trophy, but did not get a chance.
Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vice-captain), Sai Sudarshan, Nitin Kumar Reddy, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Baba Inderjit, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Mukesh Kumar, Khalil Ahmed, Yash Dalal, Navdeep Saini, Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian.