Parthiv to lead in Emerging Players' meet; Vinay gets nod

Cheteshwar Pujara, who led India ‘A’ recently in England, was named as Patel’s deputy by the senior national selection committee that met on Tuesday at Chennai to pick the squad, a media release from Cricket Board secretary N Srinivasan said.

New Zealand, South Africa and the hosts outfit will take part in the tournament consisting of T20 and 50-over ties, as per the schedule released along with the team.

Paceman R Vinay Kumar is the lone player from Karnataka in the team.
Squad: Parthiv Patel (capt), Cheteshwar Pujara (v-capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Sourav Tiwary, Kedar Jadhav, Naman Ojha, Abhinav Mukund, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, R Vinay Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaskaran Singh, Piyush Chawla and R Ashwin.
Schedule: 50-over practice matches: Aug 6: South Africa v India; AIS (Australia) v New Zealand

T20: Aug 8: SA v NZ; AIS v Ind. Aug 9: SA v Ind; AIS v NZ. Aug 10: SA v AIS; Ind v NZ. Aug 12: Final and placings tie. 50-over: Aug 14: SA v Ind; AIS v NZ. Aug 16: NZ v Ind; SA v AIS. Aug 18: Ind v AIS; SA v NZ; Aug 20: Final and placings match.