Afterwrapping up the dominating ODI series, India A will now move onto play two unofficial Test against South Africa A at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.
India A has announced the two squads for 1st and the 2nd test respectively.
Captain for both the test will different from India side with S Gill leading in the first Test, while W Saha will be leading in the second test.
India would want to be in same consistency and temperament to cliched the test games too. Leaving nothing for Africans.
The match is set to begin at 9:30 AM IST.
IN-A vs SA-A, 1st Test, South Africa A tour of India, 2019
Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
9th Sept 2019, 09:30 AM IST
A massive score will be seen on this tract as we all witnessed in the ODIs. Batsmen will give them an ample of time to make the track more friendly for them.
India A Team News:
South Africa-A News:
IN-A Squad
Shubman Gill (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Anmolpreet Singh, Ricky Bhui, Shivam Dube, Tushar Deshpande, Ankeet Bawne, KS Bharat (wk), Vijay Shankar, K Gowtham, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj
SA-A Squad
Aiden Markram (c), Zubayr Hamza, Lutho Sipamla, Khaya Zondo, Lungi Ngidi, George Linde, Theunis de Bruyn, Dane Piedt, Pieter Malan, Eddie Moore, Senuran Muthusamy, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Wiaan Mulder
India A Playing 11:
Krishnappa Gowtham, V Shankar/Shivam Dube, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohammad Siraj, Tushar Deshpandem, Kona Srikar Bharat, Shubman Gill, Ankit Bawne, Rituraj Gaikwad, Ricky Bhui
South Africa A Playing 11:
Khaya Zondo, Wiaan Mulder, George Linde, M Jansen, Lungi Ngidi, Dane Piedt, Lutho Sipamla, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, Zubayr Hamza, Pieter Malan,
key players:
India:
S Gill – 1348 runs – 21 innings- 74.88 economy
A Bawne- 6032 – 142 innings – 51.55 average
Shardul Thakur – 200 wickets – 59 innings – 6/31 best figure
S Nadeem – 416 wickets- 108 matches
South Afirca:
A Markram – 4217 runs – 102 innings – 43.47 average
P Malan – 9813 runs – 234 innings – 45.85
L Ngidi – 15 wickets- 4 Test – 6/39 best figure