Kolkata Nov 9 (IANS) Promising wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson was on Thursday named as captain of Board President s XI side in place of injured Naman Ojha for the two-day warm-up tie against Sri Lanka from Saturday.
Punjab rookie Anmolpreet Singh who smashed a career-best 267 in the last round Ranji Trophy match against Chhattisgarh was named as Ojha s replacement.
Sri Lanka are scheduled to play three Test matches three ODIs and three T20 Internationals over the next one and a half months in India.
The squad:
Sanju Samson (captain) Abhishek Gupta Akash Bhandari Avesh Khan Jalaj Saxena Jiwanjot Singh Ravi Kiran Rohan Prem B Sandeep Tanmay Agarwal Sandeep Warrier Anmolpreet Singh
--IANS
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