INDIA A LIMITED-OVERS SQUAD

Iyer, Pant to lead IND A in New Zealand A one-dayers

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Shreyas Iyer will lead India A in the first three one-dayers, and will also captain the Board President XI in two warm-up games © BCCI

The Board of Control for Cricket in India, on Monday (October 2), announced multiple captains for the five-match one-day series against New Zealand A to be played in Visakhapatnam, starting October 6. While Shreyas Iyer will lead the side in the first three games, Rishabh Pant will be the skipper for the concluding two one-dayers. Iyer was also named the captain for the two warm-up games against New Zealand to be played ahead of the three-match ODI series. Both the practice games will be held in Mumbai.

India A squad for first three one-dayers: Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer (c), Deepak Hooda, Shubman Gill, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Shahbaz Nadeem, Karn Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Basil Thampi

After the first three games, the A squad sees a number of changes with the likes of Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Shreevats Goswami all going out. However, the bowling department largely remains the same for the last two One-Dayers.

For the last two one-dayers: AR Easwaran, Prashant Chopra, Ankit Bawne, Shubman Gill, Baba Aparajith, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Shahbaz Nadeem, Karn Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Basil Thampi

All five one-dayers against New Zealand will be played in Visakhapatnam, starting October 6, with the final game to be played on October 15.

The New Zealand national team will play two warm-up games at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai on October 17 and 19. Following this, they will play India in three ODIs against New Zealand, before locking horns in a three-T20I series.

Board President XI squad: Prithvi Shaw, Shivam Chaudhary, Shreyas Iyer (c), Karun Nair, Gurkeerat Mann, Milind Kumar, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shahbaz Nadeem, Rahul Chahar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Avesh Khan

Currently, India A are playing the second and final four-day game against New Zealand A in Vijaywada. India A won the first game by an innings and 31 runs.

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