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Sairaj Bahutule to lead India A
Mumbai Ranji captain and leg-spinner Sairaj Bahutule will lead India A in the one-day warm-up match against Pakistan on March 30.
Mumbai Ranji captain and leg-spinner Sairaj Bahutule will lead India A in place of Punjab batsman Dinesh Mongia in the one-day warm-up match against Pakistan to be played at the Visakha Stadium in Hyderabad on March 30.
Dinesh Mongia and Railways all-rounder JP Yadav will be representing their respective teams in the Ranji Trophy final and so they have been replaced by Hyderabad batsman AT Rayudu and Bengal's Sanjib Sanyal in the 14-member team, Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) sources said on Saturday.
Bahutule was already in the original team named earlier.
Both the teams are expected to arrive in Hyderabad on March 29 and the arrangments are in full swing to host the first international event at the newly built stadium, HCA secretary Shivlal Yadav told reporters.
Taking a cue from the massive response to the Duleep Trophy match played last month when the stadium was packed to its capcity on all the three days, HCA has also decided to have tickets for the one-day match.
"We are expecting Rs 46 lakh from gates while a private Telugu channel which has agreed to beam the match live will be paying Rs 20 lakh," Yadav said.
The match, considered to be a warm up match ahead of the one-day series will provide opportunity for youngsters to show their skills while Pakistan players will be using it as a transit between the longer and shorter versions of the game.
India A (from): Sairaj Bahutule (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Robin Uthappa, Suresh Raina, Niraj Patel, Y Venugopal Rao, S Sriram, Sanjeev Sanyal, A T Rayudu, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ranadeb Bose, Amit Bhandari and Ramesh Powar.
Pakistan (from): Inzamam-ul-Haq (captain), Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez, Younis Khan (vice-captian), Yousuf Youhana, Asim Kamal, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Sami, Shahid Nazir, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, Danish Kaneria, Shahid Afridi, Rao Iftikar Anjum, Arshad Khan, Shoaib Malik.
