Navdeep Saini's return to domestic cricket has suffered a halt after the pacer injured his groin while bowling in the Duleep Trophy, ruling him out of the remainder of the tournament. He will also sit out the one-days against New Zealand A, leading to Rishi Dhawan's call-up to India A squad.

A frustrated Sheldon Jackson has hit out at selectors for ignoring him on account of his age, stating his performance should be the key factor in making such decisions. The batter was not picked in the recently announced India A squad while also being excluded from the upcoming Duleep Trophy.

India A concluded their NZ tour with a draw as the Indian stalwarts joined the side to hear up for the upcoming Test series against the Kiwis. It was an amazing display of dominance by India as they piled up 467 runs as Ajinkya Rahane and in-form Shubman Gill scoring centuries to close off the game.

The opening day of the first unofficial Test between India A and New Zealand A saw the hosts dominate after Shubman Gill and Hanuma Vihari's fight went in vain as India collapsed for just 216. Courtesy Michael Rae’s 4 for and Rachin Ravindra’s 47, the Kiwis are 111 runs adrift of India A’s total.

Shubman Gill, Rituraj Gaikwad and Suryakumar Yadav scored half-centuries as India A flattened New Zealand XI comfortably by 92 runs in the first warmup game of the tour. India put up 279 on the board for the visitors before Khaleel Ahmed’s four wickets saw his side romp home on a canter.