Yuvraj to lead Ind A against WI A

The upcoming 'A' tour will give an opportunity for a few Indian stars to prove their fitness and ability all over again to try and forge a comeback. Former India regulars like Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan will be the cynosure of all eyes when West Indies 'A' take on India 'A' in 3 one-day games, a T20 match and 3 four-day games from 15 September to 12 October.

Yuvraj Singh will be leading a 14-man India 'A' squad against West Indies 'A' for the 3 one-day games and a T20 match. All the limited over games are to be played at Bangalore. The squad also includes the Pathan brothers, Yusuf and Irfan.

The squad for the 4-day games will be led by Cheteshwar Pujara. Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan will be part of the team for the 2nd and 3rd four-day games. Mohammad Kaif's inclusion for a couple of 4-day games comes as a surprise.

All the limited over games will be played at Bangalore while the 4-day games will be played in smaller centers in Karnataka such as Mysore, Hubli and Shimoga.

India 'A' squad for 3 ODIs and T20 against WI 'A':

Yuvraj Singh (C), Unmukt Chand, Robin Uthappa, Baba Aparajith, Kedhar Jadhav, Naman Ojha (w), Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Jaidev Unadkat, Praveen Kumar, S Narwal, S Nadeem, Mandeep Singh, Rahul Sharma

India 'A' squad for 1st 4-day game against WI 'A':

C Pujara (c), Jiwanjot Singh, KL Rahul, Manpreet Juneja, Rajat Paliwal, Harshad Khadiwale, Parvez Rasool, Bhargav Bhatt, IC Pandey, Mohammed Shami, Ashok Dinda, R Motwani (w), Dhawal Kulkarni, P Dogra

India 'A' squad for the 2nd/3rd 4-day games against WI 'A':

C Pujara (c), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sheldon Jackson, Abhishek Nayar, P Dogra, U Kaul (w), P Rasool, Bhargav Bhatt, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zaheer Khan, IC Pandey, Mohammed Shami, M Kaif.

Yuvraj Singh will also be leading the India Blue squad in the NKP Salve Challenger trophy between September 26 and 29. Irfan Pathan will lead India Red. The 3rd team in the tournament is Delhi, the reigning domestic one-day champions.

India Red squad for NKP Salve Challenger trophy:

Irfan Pathan (C), Robin Uthappa, Abhinav Mukund, Sourabh Tiwary, Gurkirat Mann, Kedar Jadhav, Smit Patel (Wicketkeeper), Yusuf Pathan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Abhimanyu Mithun, Umesh Yadav, Suraj Yadav

India Blue squad for 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.[/img]