Dileep was given a short break after India’s T20 World Cup campaign, and will now travel with the India A team and then join the national team for the Tests in Bangladesh. The Shadow ‘A’ tour will overlap with the three ODI series starting December 4. Rahul Dravid and the rested senior players are all set to return after getting a break for the limited overs series in New Zealand.
The ‘A’ squad, led by Abhimanyu Iswaran, touched down in Dhaka on Saturday, and had their first training session in the coastal city of Cox’s Bazar, which will host the four-day match before November 29. Second four-day match. It will be played from December 6 to 9 in Sylhet.
The tour has been scheduled in such a way that most of the India A players, barring those selected to stay back for the two-match Test series, are part of their state teams’ preparations for the start of the Ranji Trophy. Will return home in time to become On December 13
Saurabh has been on the fringes of the national team since February last year after making a spectacular comeback after the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy. He was recently part of the India A squad against New Zealand, where he took nine wickets in the series to lead the Indians to a 1–0 victory.
Earlier, he was instrumental in helping Uttar Pradesh reach the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy. In total, in 12 Ranji Trophy games over two completed seasons, Saurabh has an impressive tally of 58 wickets.
