India, May 14 -- As calls to fast-track Vaibhav Sooryavanshi into the Indian team grow louder, he took another step closer to the national team after being named in the 15-member India A squad for the tri-nation One Day International series in Sri Lanka, starting June 9.

The squad, which will face 'A' sides of Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in the competition, will be led by Tilak Varma with Riyan Parag named his deputy.

Apart from the hosts, the other team in the tournament is Afghanistan A. The matches will be played in Dambulla. India A will also play two multi-day (4-day) 'Tests' in Galle but the squad for that will be announced later.

With an eye on the Indian men's senior team's upcoming tour of the United Kingdom later in June, selec...