India 'A' tour to South Africa in doubt following Australia's uncertain participation

Following the end of the deadline, the Australian Cricketers Association held an emergency meeting in Sydney on Sunday where they decided to boycott the One-day tri-series involving the hosts, Australia A, and India A, scheduled to start on July 12. However, the uncertain decision of the Aussie players has left the BCCI in a state of quandary. As a result of it, they are even contemplating a cancellation of the trip, as reported by the ToI.

"We're closely following the proceedings in Australia. If the One-day Tri-series is scrapped, there's no point in sending a team just for two four-day games all the way to South Africa," a Board official in the know of things said. 

If the tour doesn’t see the light of the day, then Rahul Dravid, who is scheduled to travel with the A team, may travel with the Under-19 team for the tour to England, which starts on July 15th. Otherwise, he will travel with the A team and former India opener WV Raman will take charge of the Colts. Meanwhile, it was learnt that Dravid has recommended former India seamer Paras Mhambrey's name for the India U-19 assistant coach job. However, the latter's conflict of interest issues if he were to take up the job are yet to be cleared.