Published on 10:37 AM, September 09, 2015

Dhawan to lead India A squad against Bangladesh A

Shikhar Dhawan of India scored his third century of his career during the first day of the sole Test match against Bangladesh at Fatullah. Photo: STAR

India opener Shikhar Dhawan has been named captain of the A squad to play a three-day match against Bangladesh A in September.

Dhawan had been ruled out of the second and third Test in Sri Lanka last month after fracturing his hand during the first Test in Galle.

Delhi batsman Unmukt Chand will lead the one-day squad that will play three matches against Bangladesh A.

The three one-day fixtures will be played on September 16, 18 and 20, and the three-day match from September 27 to 29.

All the games will be held in Bangalore.

Three-day squad: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Abhinav Mukund, Karun Nair, Shreyas Iyer, Baba Aparajith, Naman Ojha, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Gopal, Abhimanyu Mithun, Varun Aaron, Ishwar Pandey and Sheldon Jackson

One-day squad: Unmukt Chand (capt), Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Kuldeep Yadav, Jayant Yadav, Karn Sharma, Rishi Dhawan, S Aravind, Dhawal Kulkarni, Rush Kalaria and Gurkeerat Singh Mann