India-A team which is scheduled to tour Bangladesh for a two-test series may have Cheteshwar Pujara and Umesh Yadav. Pujara a specialist in tests may be made captain of the team.
According to a Cricbuzz report, apart from Pujara, Umesh Yadav could also be included in the squad for the A series. The India-A team will tour immediately preceding senior team’s tour.
The squad will be announced in a day or two after BCCI officials and chief selector Chetan Sharma are back from Australia.
Sarfaraz Khan, the highest scorer in the last Ranji season, may be a part of the team. Bengal’s top-order batsman Abhimanyu Easwaran may also get a chance.
The exact dates of the two four-day games are yet to be made public but indications are that the first match will start later this month and the second one immediately in the first week of December. The Indian team will tour for three ODIs and two Test matches from December 4 to 26.
India squad for Bangladesh ODI: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Yash Dayal.
India squad for Bangladesh Test: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubhman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav.
Schedule: 4 December: 1st ODI, 7 December: 2nd ODI, 10 December: 3rd ODI, 14-18 December: 1st Test and 22-26 December: 2nd Test.
