The selection dilemma also entails the exclusion of two under-19 players — Uttar Pradesh’s Tanmay Srivastava and Bengal under-19 player Shreevats Goswami.

Srivastava scored a century in the Ranji final against Delhi this season and was also the highest run-getter in the under-19 World Cup, while Goswami was adjudged the best junior player in the IPL.

Though Srivastava has been rewarded with the Border-Gavaskar scholarship to Australia for five weeks, Goswami will be sitting at home during the India A tour.

“We have two good wicket-keepers — Takawale and Wriddhiman Saha — and they both are in form. Goswami is under-19 and still has to make his Ranji debut. Srivastava was left out because the team had openers like Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan. These players have just started, and there’s a long way to go,” Vengsarkar said.