BCCI announces quadrangular tournament for India A
After Rahul Dravidās request BCCI to maintain continuity of matches, the board has decided to host a quadrangular tournament for India A in late July. BCCI also announced the formation of an extra team India B to take part in quadrangular series featuring Australia A, India A, and South Africa A.
In a bid to maintain the continuity when it comes to exposure for Indiaās fringe players, the BCCI has decided to host a quadrangular tournament in late July, featuring Australia A and South Africa A. The visitors would take on India A and India B, which would be the fourth team made up of additional reserve players.Ā South Africa A team would be playing two four day game in Bangalore followed by quadrangular featuring Australia A at
The BCCI has similar plans for India U-19 team in September. The Indian board has invited Afghanistan U-19 and Nepal U-19 team to play quadrangular series as a preparation for U-19 Asia Cup. The matches would be held in Kolkata.
The India under-19 team is also scheduled to tour Sri Lanka next month for they would be playing two four day games followed by
āThere is no tournament for India A once the England tour is over. So Dravid had requested us to have more series for them in order for there to be a continuity. The reason we are having two teams, India A and B, is so that more fringe players get an opportunity against decent teams. Similar is the case with under 19. The board was keen to give more practice games before the core group for India under 19, World Cup can be
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