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Rahane named captain in Irani Cup; KL Rahul to lead India A

Rahane will lead the Rest of India side against Ranji Trophy champions Vidarbha while Rahul will lead India A in the second unofficial 'Test' against the England Lions

Indian vice-captain in Tests, Ajinkya Rahane will be leading the ‘Rest of India’ against the Ranji Trophy Champions Vidarbha in the Irani Cup match, scheduled to be played in Nagpur from February 12-16. The Rest of India side's batting line-up bears a formidable look with a lot of current India players in the mix.

Apart from Rahane, there will be other senior internationals like Mayank Agarwal, who impressed against Australia in the recent Test series, Hanuma Vihari, Shreyas Iyer along with fringe players like wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan and off-spinner Krishnappa Gowtham.

Saurashtra keeper-batsman Snell Patel, who scored a hundred in the Ranji final and left-arm spinner Dharmendra Jadeja, with fifty-plus wickets, have also made the cut.

UP's Ankit Rajpoot, Karnataka's Ronit More, Kerala's Sandeep Warrier and Rajasthan's left-armer Tanveer ul Haq will make the four-pronged pace attack, rewarded for their good show in Ranji Trophy. 

Rest of India squad:

Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Hanuma Vihari, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Krishnappa Gowtham, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ankit Rajpoot, Tanveer Ul-Haq, Ronit More, Sandeep Warrier, Rinku Singh, Snell Patel

KL Rahul to lead India A against England Lions

Test opener KL Rahul will lead India A in the second unofficial 'Test' against the England Lions at Wayanad. As has become the norm now, India A squad have wrist spinner in the form of Mayank Markande. The pace brigade consists of Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini and Varun Aaron.

India A squad:

KL Rahul (Captain), AR Easwaran, Priyank Panchal, Ankeet Bawne, Karun Nair, Ricky Bhui, Siddhesh Lad, K.S. Bharat (wicket-keeper), Shahbaz Nadeem, Jalaj Saxena, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Varun Aaron.

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