Nair, Agarwal named in President XI, India 'A' teams

BENGALURU: Karnataka cricketer Karun Nair have been named in the Shreyas Iyer-led Board President XI team for the two warm-up matches against New Zealand, ahead of their ODI series against India. Meanwhile, another Karnataka batsman Mayank Agarwal was included in the India 'A' squad for the first three of five one-day games against New Zealand A.
Iyer will lead the first three of five one-day games against New Zealand 'A' while wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant will lead the last two one dayers.The two warm-up matches against New Zealand will be held in Mumbai on October 17 and 19 while the 'A' side will play in Vizag from October 6 to 15.
Squads:
Board President XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shivam Chaudhary, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Karun Nair, Gurkeerat Mann, Milind Kumar, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shahbaz Nadeem, Deepak Chahar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Avesh Khan.
India A (for first three one-day games): Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Deepak Hooda, Shubman Gill, Shreevats Goswami (wicketkeeper), Shahbaz Nadeem, Karn Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Basil Thampi.
India A (for last two one-day games): AR Easwaran, Prashant Chopra, Ankit Bawne, Shubman Gill, Baba Aparajith, Rishabh Pant (Captain and wicket-keeper), Shahbaz Nadeem, Karn Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Basil Thampi.