One of the finest batsmen ever, Greg Chappell, accompanying the Australia-A side, arrived here with other players from the four sides for the Quadrangular series to be played at Mulapadu from August 17.
It may be mentioned that India-A, India-B, South Africa-A and Australia-A will play the one-day series.
Andhra Cricket Association secretary Ch. Arun Kumar, treasurer Ramachandra Rao, vice-president Trinadharaju and media manager C.R. Mohan recieved the players at the airport.
Arun Kumar said Star Sports would telecast matches from one of the two venues (two matches will be played simultaneously).
“Entry will be free for the matches,” he added.
The teams:
South Africa-A: Khayelihle Zondo (Capt.), Gihahn Cloete, Sisanda Magala, Farhaa Behardien, Pieter Malan, Malusi Siboto, Dwaine Pretorius, Temba Bavuma, Sarel Erwee, Dane Paterson, Robert Frylinck, Theunis de Bruyn, Beuran Hendricks, Senuran Muthusamy, Rudi Second, Tabraiz Shamsi and Shaun Vonberg. Head coach: Russell Doming. Manager: Heremy Fredericks.
Australia-A: Travis Head (Capt.), Alex Carey, Peter Handscomb, Billy Stanlake, Michael Neser, Chris Tremain, Jhye Richardson D’Arcy Short, Mitchell Swepson, Ashton Agar, Jack Wildermuth, Marnus Labuschagne, Joel Paris, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Renshaw, Jonathan Merlo, Cameron Green and Kurtis Patterson. Head coach: Greame Hick. Manager: Amy Petropoulos.
India-A: Shreyas Iyer (Capt.), Prithvi Shaw, R. Samarth, Suryakumar Yadav, Hanuma Vihari, Nitish Rana, Siddhesh Lad, Sanju Samson, Mayank Markande, K. Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Md. Siraj, Shivam Mavi and Khaleel Ahmed. Head coach: Paras Mhambrey.
India-B: Manish Pandey (Capt.), Mayank Agarwal, A.R. Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Ricky Bhui, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Gopal, Jayant Yadav, Dharmesh Jadeja, Siddarth Kaul, Prasidh Krishna, Kulwant Khejroliya and Navdeep Saini. Head coach: Abhay Sharma.