India A to undergo strength and conditioning camp at the National Cricket Academy

India ‘A’ team will undergo strength and conditioning camp at the National Cricket Academy here from July 12 to 17 as part of their preparation for the upcoming tour of Australia.

“The weeklong program aims to prepare the team for the forthcoming tour of Australia where they are scheduled to play one-day quadrangular series followed by two four-day games,” BCCI said in a release.

“The camp for the Naman Ojha-led 16-member squad will be conducted by team physiotherapist, Yogesh Parmar and trainer Anand Date in conjunction with NCA chief physiotherapist, Andrew Leipus and NCA trainer Rajnikanth. Coach Rahul Dravid will also address the team during the course of the camp.”

India A will play their first match in the quadrangular series against hosts Australia A on August 14. The other two teams in the tournament are South Africa A and National Performance Squad. India A will also play two Test matches against Australia A are scheduled for September 8 to 11 and September 15 to 18 in Brisbane.

As many as nine players from the national squad are part of the ‘A’ team. Faiz Fazal, Barinder Sran, Dhawal Kulkarni, Karun Nair, Manish Pandey, Jaydev Unadkat, Kedar Jadhav and Axar Patel were all a part of the limited over team which won both the ODI and T20 series under MS Dhoni. Shreyas Iyer and Akhil Herwadkar – the top run getters for Mumbai this Ranji season – will also under the limelight.

The squad: 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.