India A Team
India-A vs Australia-A 2nd unofficial Test: Before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to be held between India and Australia, a series of two unofficial Test matches is being held between India-A and Australia-A, the first match of which was won by Australia by 7 wickets. Now the second unofficial test match of both the teams will be played on 7th November. Unofficial tests are important for both teams in terms of preparation. For this reason, BCCI has taken a big decision and added opener KL Rahul and wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel to the India A squad.
KL Rahul can handle the responsibility of opening
Dhruv Jurel did not get a chance in the playing eleven in the Test series against New Zealand. According to the report of ESPNcricinfo, he may be given the responsibility of wicketkeeping in place of Ishan Kishan in the second unofficial test. Whereas KL Rahul can be fielded to open with Abhimanyu Easwaran. Rahul did not perform well in the Test series against New Zealand. For this reason he was dropped from the playing eleven.
You can watch live on Star Sports in India
The second Test unofficial test match between India A and Australia A will start at 5.00 am IST on November 7 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This test match will last for four days, which will continue till November 10. In India, this match will be telecast live on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 HD channels. For this, Star Sports has given information by tweeting. Live streaming will be done on Australia’s website cricket.com.au.
The command of India-A is in the hands of Ruturaj Gaikwad. The captain of Australia-A is Nathan McSweeney. Nathan had led his team to victory by playing an inning of 224 runs in the first unofficial test. In the second match, Indian players will try to find their match.
Squads of both the teams:
India-A: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vice-captain), Sai Sudarshan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Baba Inderjeet, Ishan Kishan (wk), Abhishek Porel (wk), Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dayal, Navdeep Saini, Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel.
Australia-A: Nathan McSweeney (captain), Cameron Bancroft, Scott Boland, Jordan Buckingham, Cooper Connolly, Ollie Davis, Marcus Harris, Sam Konstas, Nathan McAndrew, Michael Neser, Todd Murphy, Fergus O’Neill, Jimmy Pearson, Josh Philippe. , Corey Roccioli. Mark Steketee, Beau Webster.
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