Deepak Chahar, Ishan Kishan to join India A for red ball series in South Africa

Deepak
and
Ishan
are
currently
in
Kolkata
for
the
third
T20I
against
New
Zealand.

“Yes,
Deepak
and
Ishan
have
been
drafted
to
the
squad.
They
will
finish
the
match
in
Kolkata
and
link
up
with
the
A-team
before
they
leave
for
South
Africa,”
a
senior
BCCI
official
confirmed
the
development
to
PTI.

It
is
understood
that
Ishan
is
being
sent
because
Chetan
Sharma
led
the
committee
by
mistake
had
kept
only
one
wicketkeeper
for
‘A’ tour
in
Railways’
Upendra
Yadav.

“They
needed
a
second
keeper
and
who
better
than
Ishan
who
probably
now
would
be
the
first
keeper
and
rightly
so,”
another
official
said.

Hanuma
Vihari
added
to
India
‘A’
squad
for
tour
of
South
Africa
after
New
Zealand
series
snub

Deepak
hadn’t
played
a
lot
of
red-ball
cricket
but
with
his
ability
to
swing
the
ball,
selectors
want
to
keep
him
busy.
Gujarat
top-order
batter
Priyank
Panchal
will
lead
India
A
squad
for
the
tour
of
South
Africa
beginning
from
November
23.

The
tour
comprises
three
four-day
matches
to
be
played
in
Bloemfontein.

India
‘A’
squad
for
South
Africa
tour:
Priyank
Panchal
(Captain),
Prithvi
Shaw,
Abhimanyu
Easwaran,
Devdutt
Padikkal,
Sarfaraz
Khan,
Baba
Aparajith,
Upendra
Yadav
(wicket-keeper),
K
Gowtham,
Rahul
Chahar,
Saurabh
Kumar,
Navdeep
Saini,
Umran
Malik,
Ishan
Porel,
Arzan
Nagwaswalla,
Hanuma
Vihari.