Jammu and Kashmir pacer Umran Malik was on Tuesday named within the India A squad led by Gujarat top-order batsman Priyank Panchal for the tour of South Africa beginning November 23.
The BCCI’s senior choice committee has chosen a 14-member squad for the tour, which can encompass three four-day matches. All three matches might be performed at Bloemfontein.
The 21-year-old right-arm pacer has performed only one List A and eight T20Is in his early profession to this point. He has not performed any pink ball sport.
The Jammu participant enthralled everybody together with his quick tempo in the course of the IPL in UAE final month.
He clocked 152.95 kmph, the quickest within the match, throughout Sunrisers Hyderabad’s sport towards Royal Challengers Bangalore, which inspired skipper Virat Kohli.
Despite humble beginnings the youth has risen via the ranks. His father has a small fruit store in Gujjar Nagar space of ​​Jammu.
On his T20 debut, he scored 3/24 towards Railways, which included the wicket of former India participant Karn Sharma, who was crushed for rushing.
He has taken six wickets in 4 matches within the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Championship, though J&Okay completed final in Group C.
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The 31-year-old Panchal is at the moment main the Gujarat staff within the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Championship. Gujarat has certified for the quarterfinals because the toppers of Group D.
Other members of the staff embrace batsmen Prithvi Shaw, Abhimanyu Easwaran and Devdutt Padikkal and bowlers Navdeep Saini and Rahul Chahar.
India A squad for South Africa tour: Priyank Panchal (capt), Prithvi Shaw, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Baba Aparajith, Upendra Yadav (wk), Okay Gautam, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Umran Malik . Ishaan Porel, Arjan Nagwaswala.
India A Itinerary:
November 23-26: First 4 day match in Bloemfontein.
November 29-December 2: Second four-day match in Bloemfontein.
December 6-9: Third four-day match at Bloemfontein.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
