After a string of low scores in list A as well as first-class games, talented opener Unmukt Chand will like to make amends as he leads India A against New Zealand A in the opening encounter of the three match one-day series on Sunday.
The India A’s one day squad is quite different to the one which played two ‘Tests’ against the Kiwis. The likes of Manprit Juneja, Vijay Zol and Abhishek Nayar, who scored centuries in those two first-class games, are not a part of the limited overs side. Instead, there will be Karnataka dasher Robin Uthappa — a ‘veteran’ of 38 ODIs and 11 T20 international, is expected to open the batting with Chand, who will be equally desperate to get a substantial score under his belt.
Uthappa recently hired former India batsman Praveen Amre as his personal coach.