By Indian Cricket Fever
August 9 2013

Ever since Jagmohan Dalmiya has taken over, albeit in an interim capacity, as BCCI head the India A tours have been coming thick and fast.  BCCI announced another one, this time at home against NZ.  Good to see more youngsters in and around the fringes of the national squad getting a look in

The All-India Senior Selection Committee met at the Cricket Centre earlier today, to pick the India ‘A’ teams for the one-day, three-day and four-day games against New Zealand ‘A.’
The teams are as follows:
INDIA ‘A’ TEAM FOR THE THREE-DAY GAME AND FOUR-DAY GAME:
Abhishek Nayar (Mumbai CA – Captain),Jiwanjyot Singh (PCA),Unmukt Chand (DDCA), Vijay Zol (Maharashtra) (CA), Manpreet Juneja Gujarat (CA), V. Jagdish Kerala (CA), C.M. Gautham (KSCA), Dhawal Kulkarni Mumbai (CA), Imtiaz Ahmed (UPCA), Aniket Choudhary (RCA), Shrikant Wagh (VCA), Jalaj Saxena (MPCA), Rakesh Dhruv Gujarat (CA), Sarabjeet Ladda (PCA).
INDIA ‘A’ TEAM FOR THE ONE-DAYERS:
Unmukt Chand (DDCA  - Captain), Robin Uthappa (KSCA), Aditya Tare (Mumbai CA), Kedar Jadhav(Maharashtra CA), Mandeep Singh (Punjab CA), Ashok Menaria (RCA), Sanju Vishwanadh (Kerala CA) Sachin Baby (Kerala CA), Dhawal Kulkarni(Mumbai CA), Basant Mohanty (OCA), Sandeep Sharma (PCA), Shrikant Wagh (VCA), Rahul Sharma (PCA), Jalaj Saxena (MPCA)

BCCI Announces India A Squad For NZ Matches

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2013:08:28:00:38:02 by Birbal.

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Akbar
16/08/2013 03:55

You mean if Dalmiya was not at the helm,these tours would not have happened?

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Birbal
27/08/2013 22:00

Proof is in the pudding...how many A Tours occurred under Pawar, Manohar and Srinivasan?

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Birbal
28/08/2013 23:49

The first "Test" starts in a few hours...

Good to see India has enough resources to field TWO FULL A squads...

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shilpa
29/08/2013 13:41

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Birbal
The first "Test" starts in a few hours...
Good to see India has enough resources to field TWO FULL A squads...

Yes precisely what I noticed...India has enouhg strength to put out two A squads of 15 eeach...a little inconsistent with the second squad...but heartening neverthless

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Birbal
29/08/2013 16:36

Once again the failure to go for the kill...

Had NZ A 106 for 6 before the tail wagged and reached 310...

But in fairness this is NZ and they always bat with a tail that is as good as the top 6...

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shilpa
29/08/2013 21:26

there are no tails these days

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Birbal
29/08/2013 22:46

In case of NZ that has pretty much always been the case...

Or less charitably...their top order is like a tail...

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shilpa
30/08/2013 08:06

well India neds to seriously add weight to their lower order.
The way game is going these days...you need controubtion for all the 11 with the bat.
espeicall when the golder era of Sehwag, Gambhir, tendulkar VVSL all at their prime in a super heavy top order is finished.

Ashwin at 8 and Bhuvnesh at 9 can bat.
we need runs from 10 and 11 also

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shilpa
30/08/2013 10:46

and 18 year old Zol cracks a hundred on making a debut.....in an A-test match.

why selectors pluck him from junior cricket and throw him staright in an A-test match ??

It's is the perennial hunt in India and Pak for the next teenage prodigy......the Hassan Raza, Afridid, Aqib, Mushtaq ( Mohammed), more recently Amir...the success stories Wasim and waqr.......
and in India...Siva, Prabhakar, Razdan, Kambli, sodhi , Kaif, yuvraj and the BIG success Tendulkar.

it's a gamble on our next teenaged prodigy that will be a world beater in records and serve us for the next 20 years.

If Zol does keep doing well against NZ-A and in the FC season to follow.....he might short circuit some of the older names

here is an article on his very humble background coming from a Mofussil , nonedescript of a town.

[www.indianexpress.com]

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Birbal
30/08/2013 16:36

I had heard of him...he was I believe part of in India U-19 winning the World cup in Australia...

Still says something about the power of cricket that a guy who has not done that much in Senior level Indian cricket... has three storey tall hoardings of him in his home town...

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Birbal
30/08/2013 17:53

Noticed that India "A" v.2 captain Abhishek Nayar also scored an unbeaten century...

He is a gritty player...though with limited natural abilities...may be suited to a Test match all rounders role... as pace bowling all rounder..

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shilpa
30/08/2013 19:17

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Birbal
Noticed that India "A" v.2 captain Abhishek Nayar also scored an unbeaten century...
He is a gritty player...though with limited natural abilities...may be suited to a Test match all rounders role... as pace bowling all rounder..

he bowls at 115kph......and that's not muh of an allrounder...he was at one time 120kph.

Suryakumar yadav is younger....a much more aggressive batsmamn average 52 an SR 80+ ( reminds us of someone) and bowls medium pace seam up also....also from Mumbai

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Birbal
30/08/2013 19:19

Well with Stuart Binny flopping and Abhishek Nayar...slowing down...good to know there may be another candidate...

In the meantime why is Irfan Pathan totally ignored? he bats as well as Suresh Raina or Yuvraj in Tests...and can be a good third seamer...

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shilpa
30/08/2013 20:58

pathan is injured...his injury vs. Pak gave a break to B. Kumar, who never looked back since

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Birbal
30/08/2013 22:03

Injured????!!!

They took him to England for the Champions Trophy... but didn't play him in a single game..

England would have been ideal for his swing type bolwing...

But that would have threatened Dhoni favorite Ishant...

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shilpa
31/08/2013 07:09

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Birbal
Injured????!!!
They took him to England for the Champions Trophy... but didn't play him in a single game..

England would have been ideal for his swing type bolwing...

But that would have threatened Dhoni favorite Ishant...

they had a settled 11 in CT.
season is starting....he will get his chances

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Birbal
02/09/2013 00:14

Hope he does...

Anyway... Zaheer Khan seems to have faded out...

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shilpa
02/09/2013 12:39

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Birbal
Hope he does...
Anyway... Zaheer Khan seems to have faded out...

Zaheer can make one more burst...if he proves his fitness in the FC season.

I would take him to SA and even if he lasts one test bowling at full potential he can be a match winner.

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