Deepak Hooda and Ankit Bawne retained in the List A squad for New Zealand 'A'

The selectors for the New Zealand ‘A’ series have made a considerable amount of changes when compared to the unofficial Test series squad. Baroda and Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Deepak Hooda and Ankit Bawne have found their place into the squad for the upcoming series.

Punjab batter Shubham Gill would be missing out of the first three matches of the series and has been replaced by Delhi Daredevils and Maharashtra batsman Ankit Bawne who scored a century in the second unofficial Test against New Zealand A. He was scheduled to join the team for the last two games of the series.

Deepak Hooda, on the other hand, was initially schemed to be part of only the first three ODIs but now its decided that he would continue to be a part of the squad for the remainder of the series.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced two different teams for the five-match series against. The two Delhi Daredevil lads Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant would be captaining the side throughout the entirety of the series.

The five-match One-day series between India A and New Zealand A will be played from October 6 to 15 in Visakhapatnam. The two teams have already played a couple of unofficial Test series, which the home side won by a margin of 2-0.

The ‘A’ series is a key for the members of both the teams to attract selectors before they announce the squad for the international fixtures.

Squad for first three games:

Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Deepak Hooda, Ankit Bawne, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Shahbaz Nadeem, Karn Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Basil Thampi.

Squad for last two games:

Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prashant Chopra, Ankit Bawne, Deepak Hooda, B Aparajith, Rishabh Pant (capt, wk), Shahbaz Nadeem, Karn Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Basil Thampi.