Tiwary, Uthappa named India A captains for Australia tour

June 11, 2014 14:37

Manoj Tiwary and Robin Uthappa have been named captains of India A's four-day and one-day squads, which will leave for a month-long tour of Australia to compete in first-class as well as limited overs matches.

While Tiwary will skipper the side in the four-day matches, Uthappa has been entrusted with the job of leading the side in the one-day version.

India will play two four-day matches against the James Faulkner-led Australia A in Queensland from July 6-9 and 13-16 respectively. They will then play a quadrangular one day series involving Australia A, Australian High Performance Centre and South Africa A.

The team has all the players who have performed during the last domestic season as well as IPL-7.

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