Cheteshwar Pujara India ‘A’ team Captain
Cheteshwar Pujara was named as captain of the India ‘A’ team that will tour the West Indies in June for three 4-day matches, three one-dayers and two T20s. All-India Senior Selection Committee met at the Cricket Centre here and selected the 15-man squad for the Caribbean tour.
Wriddhiman Saha has been named as Pujara’s deputy. The squad also includes Rohit Sharma, who faces stiff competition from the likes of in-form batsmen Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan and Manoj Tiwary.
And the fast bowling department will be campaign by Ashok Dinda and Rudra Pratap Singh while the spin attack will have Rahul Sharma, Jalaj Saxena and Akshay Darekar.
Cricket Grounds:
Kensington Oval in Barbados, Arnos Vale Cricket Ground in St Vincent and the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St Lucia will stage the four-day matches, while the T20s will be played at Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad and the one-dayers at the new Queen’s Park in Grenada. The tour commences with a four-day match at the Kensington Oval on June 2.
Team Players:
Cheteshwar Pujara (capt), Wriddhiman Saha (vice-capt), Abhinav Mukund, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Jalaj Saxena, R P Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Robin Bisht, Akshay Darekar and Sami Ahmed.
