SRINAGAR: Parvez Rasool, the Jammu and Kashmir allrounder, has been included in the 14-member India A squad to play the warm-up one-day match against England on January 6 in Delhi.
Rassol has been rewarded for a strong showing with both bat and ball in J&K’s otherwise disappointing run in this year’s Ranji Trophy. He finished on top of both batting and bowling charts for the team with 594 runs, including two centuries, and 33 wickets.
Rasool was detained for questioning three years ago in Bangalore in connection with a suspected presence of explosives at the Chinnaswamy stadium ahead of a Champions League match. He was given a clean chit a few days later.
Another notable inclusion in the team is India fast bowler Sreesanth, who last played an international match during India’s tour of England in 2011. Sreesanth made a comeback to the Kerala Ranji side this season after spending more than a year recuperating from a toe-injury.
In the four matches that he has played this season, he has picked up 10 wickets.
The team, led by Abhinav Mukund, doesn’t include any player from the teams that have qualified for the Ranji knockouts. Ishwar Pandey, the Madhya Pradesh seamer, who is the top-wicket taker in Ranji Trophy this season, has been rewarded for his consistence performances.
India A squad: Abhinav Mukund (capt), M Vijay, Robin Bist, Kedar Jadhav, Ashok Menaria, Rohit Motwani (wk), Jalaj Saxena, Akshay Darekar, Ishwar Pandey, Sreesanth, Rishi Dhawan, Paras Dogra, Mohit Sharma, Parvez Rassol. (ESPNcricinfo)
Finally Kashmiri Cricketer in Team-A India
