Notably, the India A side under the captaincy of Priyank Panchal has already reached Bloemfontein for the three-match red-ball series. Chahar and Kishan will assemble in Mumbai on November 24 and fly from there. There is also a possibility of Shardul Thakur joining the squad at a later date.
Not to forget, Hanuma Vihari was a late entrant to the 14-member squad that the selection committee initially announced on November 9. Kishan will join as the second wicketkeeper in the outfit that has Upendra Yadav as the first-choice glovesman.
Similarly, Chahar will strengthen the pace-bowling attack, which already has four speedsters in the form of Navdeep Saini, Umran Malik, Ishan Porel and Arzan Nagwaswalla.
The Indian A side will play three four-day games, with the first match starting on November 23. The second and third game will start from November 29 and December 6, respectively.
Here is updated India A squad for South Africa tour:
Priyank Panchal (c), Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Baba Aparajith, Ishan Kishan (wk), Upendra Yadav (wk), K Gowtham, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Umran Malik, Ishan Porel, Deepak Chahar, Arzan Nagwaswalla.
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