Sanju Samson will lead the India A team in the upcoming three-match one-day series against New Zealand A, scheduled to be played in Chennai between September 22 and 27.



India's 16-man squad has a decent amount of international experience to take forward the challenge at home. With veteran Kuldeep Yadav chipping in with his considerable experience and two young players playing overseas, it's a good mix.

Raj Bawa, who was one of India's star performers in the U-19 World Cup, earlier this year, making him a likely choice for the senior side. Samson last represented the senior India team during their ODI series in Zimbabwe in late August and has for company in the India A side five others from that touring party: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Kuldeep, Shahbaz Ahmed, Thakur and Rahul Tripathi.

India A squad

 Prithvi Shaw, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rahul Tripathi, Rajat Patidar, Sanju Samson (c), KS Bharat (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Shabhaz Ahmed, Rahul Chahar, Tilak Varma, Kuldeep Sen, Shardul Thakur, Umran Malik, Navdeep Saini, Raj Angad Bawa