Sehwag, Gambhir, Yuvraj picked to play against WI 'A'

Yuvraj Singh will captain the the India A team against West India for three one-day games and a solitary T20. Yuvraj has not been part of India’s plans – either the senior team of any of the ‘A’ teams – since being dropped during England’s tour at the start of the year. Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan, all of whom have not been part of India’s senior squad this year, have been picked for the second and third four-day games against West Indies A, but miss out on the first game. Cheteshwar Pujara was named captain for both teams. The BCCI did not explain why two different teams were selected for the three four-day games. [caption id=“attachment_1098605” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Virender Sehwag will have a chance to prove himself against West Indies ‘A’. AP[/caption] Irfan Pathan was named captain of India Red for the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, while Yuvraj will captain India Blue. Irfan is also part of the squad for the limited-overs part of the West Indies A tour. In all, the BCCI named the squads for five different teams after its selection committee met at Vishakhapatnam on Tuesday, the board said in a statement. Gambhir has been playing for Essex in an attempt to rediscover his form. He made a hundred in his last game for the county side, before returning to India for personal reasons. Both Yuvraj and Zaheer have been working hard on their fitness in a bid to regain their places in the India XI. Sourabh Tiwary, who was initially part of the India Red squad, has undergone a shoulder operation, and has therefore been ruled out of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, as a result. The All-India Senior Selection Committee has picked Ishank Jaggi as his replacement. The full list of the teams is below: India ‘A’ squad for the limited-overs matches against West Indies ‘A’ Yuvraj Singh (Captain), Unmukt Chand, Robin Uthappa, Baba Aparajith, Kedar Jadhav, Naman Ojha, (Wicketkeeper), Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Jaydev Unadkat, Praveen Kumar, Sumit Narwal, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mandeep Singh, Rahul Sharma. India ‘A’ squad for the first four-day game against West Indies ‘A’ Cheteshwar Pujara (Captain), Jiwanjot Singh, K.L. Rahul, Manpreet Juneja, Rajat Paliwal, Harshad Khadiwale, Parvez Rasool, Bhargav Bhatt, Ishwar Chand Pandey, Mohammed Shami, Ashoke Dinda, Rohit Motwani (Wicketkeeper), Dhawal Kulkarni, Paras Dogra. India ‘A’ squad for the second and third four-day games against West Indies ‘A’ Cheteshwar Pujara (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sheldon Jackson, Abhishek Nayar, Paras Dogra, Uday Kaul (wicketkeeper), Parvez Rasool, Bhargav Bhatt, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zaheer Khan, Ishwar Chand Pandey, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Kaif. India Red squad for the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy Irfan Pathan (captain), Robin Uthappa, Abhinav Mukund, Ishank Jaggi (initially Sourabh Tiwary), Gurkirat Mann, Kedar Jadhav, Smit Patel (wicketkeeper), Yusuf Pathan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Abhimanyu Mithun, Umesh Yadav, Suraj Yadav India Blue squad for the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy Yuvraj Singh (captain), Akshath Reddy, Naman Ojha (wicketkeeper), Mandeep Singh, Ankit Bawane, Abhishek Nayar, Manish Pandey, Piyush Chawla, Ankit Rajpoot, Vinay Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Iresh Saxena