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Raipur, June 7: <\/strong>Chhattisgarh opening batsman Ayush Pandey has been selected in the India ‘A’ squad for the upcoming red-ball tour of Sri Lanka. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the 15-member squad on Saturday for the multi-day matches, marking a historic milestone as Pandey becomes the first player from Chhattisgarh to receive an India ‘A’ call-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The left-handed opener earned his spot following a stellar Ranji Trophy season, where he amassed 573 runs across seven matches at an average of 57.30, including a top score of 183. The Indian team, led by wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel with Devdutt Padikkal as vice-captain, is scheduled to play two unofficial Test matches against Sri Lanka ‘A’ in Galle starting 25 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chhattisgarh Finance Minister OP Choudhary congratulated the young cricketer, extending his best wishes for a successful tour. The minister described the selection as a direct result of Pandey’s sustained hard work, discipline, and technical proficiency on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Choudhary noted that Pandey’s accomplishment has brought immense pride to the entire state. He added that the rising trajectory of young athletes from Chhattisgarh at the national level serves as a major inspiration for aspiring sportspersons across the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Raipur, June 7: Chhattisgarh opening batsman Ayush Pandey has been selected in the India ‘A’ squad for the upcoming red-ball tour of Sri Lanka. The Board of Control for Cricket […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chhattisgarh","category-display","has_no_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2712,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions\/2712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}