Young left-handed batter Tilak Varma on Wednesday (November 5) has been appointed as the captain of the India A team for the upcoming three one-day matches against the South Africa A team. Tilak, who is playing for India these days in the T20I series against Australia, will lead the side in the absence of Shreyas Iyer.
The three one-day matches between India A and South Africa A will be played at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on November 13, 16 and 19, respectively.
Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad will be Tilak’s deputy, and the squad doesn’t feature the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
Rohit and Kohli last played a 50-over match on October 25 against Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground. In the fixture that India won by 9 wickets, Rohit remained unbeaten on 121 runs from 125 balls, and Kohli added 74 runs from 81 balls to India’s total.
India A’s squad for one-day team against South Africa A: Tilak Varma (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Ishan Kishan (WK), Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Vipraj Nigam, Manav Suthar, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Prabhsimran Singh (WK)
