New Delhi, Jan 28 (UNI) Abhinav Mukund will lead the India A squad against Bangladesh in the two-day warm-up game before the visitors clash with the Virat Kohli-led side in the one-off Test, scheduled to be held on February 9 in Hyderabad. The 27-year-old played his last Test side during India's tour of England in 2011. Mukund, who is also the skipper of the Tamil Nadu Ranji team, scored 849 runs in 14 innings in the just concluded 2016-17 Ranji Trophy season and led a young Tamil Nadu side to the semis. Also, Gujarat's Priyank Panchal, who became the highest run-scorer in the Ranji season after 1310 runs, has been picked in the 14-man squad. The two-day practise game will be held at the Gymkhana Ground in Secunderabad on February 5 and 6. India A Team: Abhinav Mukund (C), Ishan Kishan (wk), Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Aniket Choudhary, Hardik Pandya, Priyank Panchal, Shreyas Iyer, Ishank Jaggi, Rishabh Pant, Shahbaz Nadeem, CV Milind, Nitin Saini.
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