Martin, Joshi to lead

Middle order batsman Jacob Martin of Baroda and left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi of Karnataka will lead the Board President's XI and India 'A' teams to play the two three-day ties against England at Hyderabad (Nov 22-24) and Jaipur (Nov 27-29) respectively.

Off-spinner Sharandeep Singh, who switched over to Delhi from Punjab and Mumbai opener Wasim Jaffer have been named in the President's XI while Delhi opener Gautam Gambhir and Karnataka medium pacer Dodda Ganesh get chances to play for the India 'A' side, BCCI secretary and convenor of the selection committee Niranjan Shah announced in Bombay on Thursday.

The teams:

Board President's XI: Jacob Martin (capt), Irfan Pathan (Jr) and Rakesh Patel (all from Baroda) Wasim Jaffer (Mumbai), S Sriram (Tamil Nadu), Dinesh Mongia and Pankaj Dharmani (both from Punjab), Sanjay Bangar and Murali Kartik (both from Railways), Rohan Gavaskar (Bengal), T Yohannan (Kerala), Sharandeep Singh (Delhi), Surendar Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) and R Druv (Saurashtra).
Manager: Madan Lal.

India 'A': Sunil Joshi (capt), Dodda Ganesh (both from Karnataka), Vinayak Mane and Ramesh Powar (both from Mumbai, Abhijit Kale and Iqbal Siddique (both from Maharashtra), N P Singh and S Yadav (both from Hyderabad), Gautam Gambhir (Delhi), Yere Goud (Railways), P R Parida (Orissa), Ajay Ratra (Haryana), Reetinder Singh Sodhi (Punjab) and Gagan Khoda (Rajasthan).
Manager: Shivlal Yadav.

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