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\"rahuldravidaftermatch\"Mumbai:<\/strong> Naman Ojha was named the captain the India ‘A’ team for the two four-day matches against Australia ‘A’ and the quadrangular series involving South Africa ‘A’, Australia ‘A’ and Cricket Australia’s National Performance Squad (NPS), while Rahul Dravid will coach the team for the quadrangular series and two four-day games<\/p>\n

The All-India Senior Selection Committee met earlier on Saturday to pick the team.<\/p>\n

The team is as follows:<\/p>\n

Naman Ojha (captain), Faiz Fazal, Akhil Herwadkar, Shreyas Iyer, Karun Nair, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Barinder Sran, Varun Aaron, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sanju Samson. Coach – Rahul Dravid<\/p>\n

Harrup Park will host the Finals of the one-day leg of the tournament, while Allan Border Field will host the first class four-day fixtures.<\/p>\n

Fixtures:<\/p>\n

One-day Series<\/p>\n

13 August, South Africa A v NPS, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville<\/p>\n

14 August, Australia A v India A, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville<\/p>\n

16 August, Australia A v NPS, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville<\/p>\n

17 August, South Africa A v India A, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville<\/p>\n

20 August, Australia A v South Africa A, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville<\/p>\n

21 August, India A v NPS, Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville<\/p>\n

24 August, NPS v Australia A, Harrup Park, Mackay<\/p>\n

25 August, South Africa A v India A, Harrup Park, Mackay<\/p>\n

27 August, NPS v India A, Harrup Park, Mackay<\/p>\n

28 August, Australia A v South Africa A, Harrup Park, Mackay<\/p>\n

30 August, Australia A v India A, Harrup Park, Mackay<\/p>\n

31 August, South Africa A v NPS, Harrup Park, Mackay<\/p>\n

3 September; Final 3 v 4, Harrup Park, Mackay<\/p>\n

4 September, Final 1 v 2, Harrup Park, Mackay<\/p>\n

Four-day matches<\/p>\n

8-11 September, Australia A v India A, Allan Border Field, Brisbane<\/p>\n

15-18 September, Australia A v India A, Allan Border Field, Brisbane<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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