{"id":188419,"date":"2026-07-01T07:54:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=188419"},"modified":"2026-07-01T07:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:24:31","slug":"india-a-vs-sri-lanka-a-brar-suthar-in-line-for-second-unofficial-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=188419","title":{"rendered":"India A vs Sri Lanka A: Brar, Suthar in line for second unofficial Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71170287\">Rising stars Gurnoor Brar and Manav Suthar are expected to get a look-in in the India A playing eleven when it takes on Sri Lanka A in the second \u2018Test\u2019 starting here on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The first four-day \u2018Test\u2019 ended in a draw with opener Sai Sudharsan and skipper Dhruv Jurel scoring centuries. Jammu and Kashmir pacer Auqib Nabi marked his India \u2018A\u2019 debut with a match-haul of five wickets, including four in the first innings.<\/p>\n<p>Since this is an exposure tour with the goal of giving every India A player an opportunity, the team management, headed by Hrishikesh Kanitkar, could be ringing in a few changes in order to ensure playing time for every squad member.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, one can expect that Brar, who recently made an impressive debut in the ODI against Afghanistan, will be included as India senior team looks to prepare its second line of pacers ahead of the tour of New Zealand and home series against Australia early next year.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ:<\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ind-vs-sl-a-first-unofficial-test-result-score-rain-update-weather-galle-match-drawn-tie\/article71157890.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IND A vs SL A, 1st Unofficial Test Day 4: Rain plays spoilsport as match ends in draw<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Since Gurnoor is expected to play, Yash Thakur might be asked to sit out.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly Suthar, who made his Test debut against Afghanistan with a 10-wicket haul, followed by a short and successful county stint for Warwickshire, will also headline the slow bowling attack.<\/p>\n<p>In that case, left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey will be rested.<\/p>\n<p>The other two players who didn\u2019t get a look-in in the first game are opener Aman Mokhade and leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari.<\/p>\n<p>To play Ansari, India A team management will need to drop off-spinner Saransh Jain while Mokhade can replace Ayush Pandey, who failed to score a half-century in both India A innings.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ayush could still get another game in case Sai Sudharsan is deemed unfit after he retired hurt in the India A second innings. He didn\u2019t take any further part in the second innings and also while fielding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 01, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ind-a-vs-sl-a-india-a-second-unofficial-test-galle-preview-gurnoor-brar-manav-suthar-selection\/article71170287.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising stars Gurnoor Brar and Manav Suthar are expected to get a look-in in the India A playing eleven when it takes on Sri Lanka A in the second \u2018Test\u2019&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/INDIA20Afghanistan20ODI2079.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":185066,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=185066","url_meta":{"origin":188419,"position":0},"title":"IND-A vs SL-A series preview: Nabi in spotlight as focus shifts to red-ball cricket","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pacer Aquib Nabi will have a point to prove when he takes the field alongside some of the Test regulars in the two-match red-ball series between India A and Sri Lanka A beginning here on Thursday. 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