New Delhi. Apart from Rituraj Gaikwad, other opening batsmen Abhimanyu Easwaran and Sai Sudarshan have also been included in the 15-member team. The biggest reason for this is that there may be a need for a reserve opener in the Indian Test team for the Australia tour, as Rohit Sharma may miss one of the first two matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy due to personal reasons. . This tour of the Indian A team against Australia A can give a good opportunity to some players to join the Indian Test team as backup. Devdutt Padikkal, B Inderjit and Ricky Bhui will be the middle order batsmen of India A team. Whereas Abhishek Porel and Ishan Kishan have been included in the team as wicketkeepers. Nitish Kumar Reddy, Tanush Kotian and Manav Suthar will be the all-rounders of the team. Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khalil Ahmed and Yash Dayal have been included in the fast bowling attack of the team. 29-year-old Eshwaran has already been a part of India’s Test team on the Bangladesh tour in 2022. Also in great form this domestic season. He scored two centuries in the Duleep Trophy and one century in the Irani Trophy. He also started the season with a century in Ranji Trophy. Sudarshan, 23, scored a century for English county Surrey in August.
After this he scored another century in Duleep Trophy. He has also scored a double century in the ongoing Ranji Trophy match against Tamil Nadu in Delhi. The 21-year-old all-rounder Nitish made his T20 International debut for India against Bangladesh earlier this month after recovering from a hernia and is currently the Indian Test team’s reserve player for the home series against New Zealand. He is being seen by the Indian selectors as a talented all-rounder who can improve with more experience and opportunities. The India A team will play two four-day matches against Australia A from October 31 in McCoy and November 7 in Melbourne. After this they will play a warm-up match against the Indian team in Perth between 15 to 17 November. After this, the first Test against Australia will start on 22 November. India A team for Australia tour: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Sai Sudarshan, B Inderjit, Abhishek Porel (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Mukesh Kumar, Ricky Bhui, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Manav Suthar, Navdeep. Saini, Khalil Ahmed, Tanush Kotian, Yash Dayal.