Basil Thampi, left, and Sanju Samson. File photos: PTINew Delhi: Kerala batsman Sanju V. Samson and pacer Basil Thampi have been included in the India 'A' one-day team for the tour of South Africa.
Sanju and Basil have been rewarded for their fine performances in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Senior players Karun Nair and Manish Pandey were named skippers of India 'A's unofficial Test and one-day teams, respectively.
The team will play a one-day tri-series involving Australia 'A' and South Africa 'A' followed by two four-day matches against the hosts.
The tour starts with the first one-dayer of the triangular series in Groenkloof on July 26 between India 'A' and Australia 'A'.
Karun and Jayant Yadav are two current India players who are in both the squads, while Pandey is making a comeback from an injury.
The squad for the one-day series is packed with IPL and domestic limited-overs (Vijay Hazare Trophy) performers such as Krunal Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Basil, Mohammad Siraj, Sanju and Siddharth Kaul.
On the other hand, the team for the four-day (first class) matches is full of Ranji Trophy performers such as Priyank Panchal, the top-scorer in the season gone by, Ishan Kishan, Sudeep Chatterjee, Ankit Bawne and Shahbaz Nadeem.
Also part of the first class squad is senior India fringe opener Abhinav Mukund.
Since India's tour of Sri Lanka also starts on July 26, it is a given that Karun won't be a part of the senior squad for the Test series.
Karun, who had scored a triple century in his debut Test season, has since been going through a bad run of form.
One-day squad: Mandeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju V. Samson, Manish Pandey (capt), Deepak Hooda, Karun Nair, Krunal Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wk), Vijay Shankar, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jayant Yadav, Basil Thampi, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur and Siddarth Kaul.
Squad for four-day matches: Priyank Panchal, Abhinav Mukund, Shreyas Iyer, Ankit Bawne, Karun Nair (capt), Sudip Chatterjee, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hanuma Vihari, Jayant Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Aniket Choudhary, Ankit Rajpoot.
Fixtures
India 'A' vs Australia 'A' - July 26
South Africa 'A' vs India 'A' - July 28
South Africa 'A' vs Australia 'A' - July 30
India 'A' vs Australia 'A' - August 1
South Africa 'A' vs India 'A' - August 3
South Africa 'A' vs Australia 'A' - August 5
Final - August 8
1st four-day match: South Africa 'A' vs India 'A' - August 12-15
2nd four-day match: South Africa 'A' vs India 'A' - August 19-22
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