By: Tarish Bhatt
The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) has named Punjab allrounder Gurkeerat Mann as Board President XI captain. Mann will lead Board XI against Australia in a one-off warm-up match in Chennai on September 12.
He will then lead the team against New Zealand in two practice matches in October. This is a great chance for Mann, alongwith other players like Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar and Sandeep Sharma to show their prowess.
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The Indians will play five one-dayers, starting September 17. It will be followed by three T20Is against the Aussies.
Board President XI team: Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal, Shivam Chaudhary, Washington Sundar, Nitish Rana, Govind Poddar, Gurkeerat Mann (c), Shreevats Goswami, Rahil Shah, Akshay Karnewar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kushang Patel, Avesh Khan and Sandeep Sharma
