BHUBANESWAR 08-Sep-2017
Odisha Ranji team captain Govind Poddar has been included in the Board President XI team for their warm-up match against Australia scheduled to be played on September 12, 2017. India will then play a five-match One-Day International series followed by three Twenty20 Internationals against Australia from September 17 to October 13, 2017. Chennai, Kolkata, Indore, Bengaluru and Nagpur will host the ODIs while the T20Is will be hosted by Ranchi, Guwahati and Hyderabad.
The series against Australia will be followed by a home series against New Zealand, featuring three One-Day Internationals and as many Twenty20 Internationals from October 22 to November 7, 2017. The ODIs will be hosted by Mumbai, Pune and Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association while the T20Is will be hosted by Delhi, Rajkot and Thiruvananthapuram. Before the start of the ODI and T20I series, New Zealand will play two warm-up games at CII, Mumbai on October 17 and 19.
BOARD PRESIDENT XI FOR WARM-UP MATCH AGAINST AUSTRALIA: Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal, Shivam Chaudhary, Washington Sundar, Nitish Rana, Govind Poddar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann (Captain), Shreevats Goswami, Rahil Shah, Akshay Karnewar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kushang Patel, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma.
