Yuvraj to lead Board President's XI in tour match

Mumbai: Dashing left hander Yuvraj Singh, who was dropped from the Indian Test team in Sri Lanka recently, has been given a glimmer of hope of making it back to the Test side, when he was named as captain of the Board President's XI team which will take on the Australians at Hyderabad from October 2.

The Board President's XI team appears a strong outfit, comprising of many players who have already played at the international level, or have been on the fringes of selection. Openers Wasim Jaffer and Aakash Chopra are back in the fray, while Parthiv Patel has been chosen as wicketkeeper ahead of Dinesh Karthik.

S Sreesanth, who has been recuperating at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), too will be seen in action.

The BCCI also announced the India 'A' team which will take on New Zealand 'A' in two unofficial Test matches at Chennai. Suresh Raina, who is currently leading the India 'A' outfit in the tri-series involving Australia 'A' and New Zealand 'A', will continue to hold the reigns of the team in the two Test matches.

Board President's XI team for tour match against the Australians:
Yuvraj Singh (capt), S. Badrinath (vice-capt), Wasim Jaffer, Aakash Chopra, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan, S. Sreesanth, Piyush Chawla, Pragyan Ojha, Pankaj Singh, Manpreet Gony, Yogesh Takawale, Rakesh Dhruve.

India 'A' team for the two unofficial Tests against New Zealand 'A':
Suresh Raina (capt), Jaydev Shah (vice-capt), M. Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Sahil Kukreja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashok Dinda, Dhaval Kulkarni, Sudeep Tyagi, Amit Mishra, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohnish Parmar.