Rahul drafted in Board President XI team

Board President's XI: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Shivam Chaudhary, Karun Nair, Gurkeerat Mann, Milind Kumar, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Nadeem, Deepak Chahar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Avesh Khan.

New Zealand: Kane Williamson (Captain), Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, George Worker.

The team will be lead by Mumbai batsman Shreyas Iyer, who has been in rich vein of form for India A. (Photo: Twitter)

“As I told you before, my job is to keep performing. I won't be thinking what the selectors are thinking,

He will replace injured Rajasthan youngster Rahul Chahar. (Photo: BCCI)

The selectors will keep an eye on Rishab Pant, who failed to grab his opportunities leading the A side against New Zealand A. (Photo: ICC)

Another youngster who will be closely watched is Mumbai’s Prithvi Shaw, who was kept out of India’s U-19 side so that he can keep on playing domestic and ‘A’ matches. (Photo: BCCI)

The Board President XI will take New Zealand in the first practice game at CCI in Mumbai on Tueday.

Dropped for the three-match ODI series against New Zealand, opener KL Rahul was drafted as an additional member in the Board President's XI side which will take on the visitors in two warm-up games. (Photo: AP)

It will be an opportunity for Rahul to get back into the limited overs side as he has not been in great form and also did not get too many opportunities. (Photo: AP)

In addition to the Karnataka batsman, leg-spinner Karn Sharma, who has been in great form for India A against the Black caps A side, was included in the side. (Photo: BCCI)