Former Indian cricketer Ramesh Powar has been selected as the bowling coach for India A for the upcoming five-match one-day series against South Africa A.
Rising talent Shubman Gill is there in both Pandey's and Iyer's teams and so are Vijay Shankar, Anmolpreet Singh, Ricky Bhui, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel and Nitish Rana.
Chasing a stiff target of 373, West Indies A started the day at 37 for no loss needing another 336 runs on the fourth day but only reached as far as 314 for 6 in the end.
West Indies took 3 early wickets to reduce India to 23/3 at the end of day two's play in the 3rd unofficial Test after Krishnappa Gowtham took 6/67 to help India A get India A a 7-run lead.
West Indies A still trail the visitors by 115 runs with seven wickets in hand in the four-day match.
India A have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series as they beat West Indies A by 7 wickets in the 2nd Unofficial Test.
Gowtham took a five-for, while Mayank Agarwal scored a gritty 81 as India A need another 93 runs to seal the unofficial Test series against West Indies A.
Mayank Agarwal scored 4 while Hanuma Vihari was dismissed for a duck as Jason Holder ran through India the A top-order against West Indies A.
Out of the six bowlers used by India A, five picked up a wicket each providing breakthroughs to not allow the hosts take opening day's honours.
With Shreyas Iyer and Navdeep Saini joining the senior team in the US for the T20s against West Indies, Test specialists like opener Agarwal and speedster Yadav, who are already in the Caribbean, will play the second four-day game in their absence.
Set a target of 97 for victory, India needed just 68 runs on the final day and they did it in 19.3 overs but at the expense of three wickets.
India A need only 68 more runs to clinch victory in the unofficial Test match against West Indies A.
India A took the lead over West Indies A, thanks to a heroic effort from Shivam Dube and Wriddhiman Saha on the second day of the unofficial test.
After winning the ODI series 4-1, India A extended their domination of the hosts to the Tests after they opted to bat at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
Young Indian batsman Shubamn Gill received the Man of the series trophy for his consistent show for India A against West Indies A in the five-match ODI series.
With half-centuries from the in-form trio of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer, India chased down the target of 237 with 17 overs to spare at the Coolidge Cricket Ground on Sunday.
The hosts registered their maiden win of the series as Roston Chase stepped up and helped Windies post 298/9 with his 84 while DC Thomas also pitched in with a gutsy 70.
India A have won the five-match bilateral series against West Indies A, was they beat the side in the third game by 148 runs.
India A led the 5-match ODI series 1-0 after the match-winning performances from Shreyas Iyer and Khaleel Ahmed.
Abhimanyu Easwaran scored a double-century while Rahul Chahar shined with the ball as India A defeated Sri Lanka A.
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