In a significant decision, BCCI has decided to select players for Israel & Australia tour on the basis of performance in IPL. An Indian team will tour Israel for three one-day matches from July 10-16 while another side will travel to Australia to participate in the Emerging Players tournament from July 14-26.

 

Team for emerging players' tournament: Parthiv Patel (captain), S. Badrinath (vice-captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Manoj Tiwari, Abhishek Nayar, Virat Kohli, Amit Mishra, Pankaj Singh, Manpreet Gony, Siddharth Trivedi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Iqbal Abdulla, Ravinder Jadeja, Pinal Shah. 

 

The team to Australia will be led by Chennai Super Kings' Parthiv Patel. His IPL team mate Subramaniam Badrinath will be his deputy. Amit Mishra, Manoj Tiwari (both Delhi Daredevils), Abhishek Nayar, Dhawal Kulkarni (both Mumbai Indians) and Manpreet Gony (Super Kings) are also part of this 15-member team.

 

Team for Israel: Jaydev Shah (captain), Swapnil Asnodkar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravi Teja, M. Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, Rajat Bhatia, Yogesh Takawale, Rakesh Dhruv, Mohnish Parmar, Vishal Bhatia, Basant Mohanty, Pradeep Sangwan, Ashok Dinda, Vinay Kumar.