Yuvraj to lead President’s XI against Australia
Yuvraj Singh will lead BCCI’s President’s XI team against Australia while S Badrinath will be his deputy for the four-day warm-up match, to be played at Hyderabad from October 2 to 5.
Parthiv Patel will be the wicket-keeper in the 15-member squad, according to a statement issued by BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah on Tuesday.
The selectors appointed Suresh Raina as the captain of the India ‘A’ side against New Zealand ‘A’ for two four-day matches to be played at Chennai from September 28 to October 1 and October 3 to 6.
Squads:
President XI: Yuvraj Singh (captain), S Badrinath (vice-captain), Wasim Jaffer, Aakash Chopra, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kholi, Parthiv Patel (wk), Irfan Pathan, S Sreesanth, Piyush Chawla, Pragyan Ojha, Pankaj Singh, Manpreet Gony, Yogesh Takawale, Rakesh Dhruve
India ‘A’ Team: Suresh Raina (captain), Jaydev Shah (vice-captain), M Vijay, Shikhar Dhavan, Sahil Kukreja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashok Dinda Dhaval Kulkarni, S Tyagi, Amit Mishra, Pradip Sangwan, Mohnish Parmar.
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