SportsZone has learnt that Richard Ngarava, famously dismissed with the Mankad at the previous ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, has been included in the Zimbabwe A squad preparing to host Afghanistan A for a five match One Day series in Harare.

The lanky left-arm seamer is one of the new faces in the 16-men Zimbabwe A squad that will however be finalized after a fitness test on Friday.

The 19-year-old Ngarava was the victim of the Mankad dismissal that made headlines and incited arguments and debates across the cricketing world in February 2016.

Some of the new comers in the squad also include former U19 skipper Brendon Mavuta, Tendai Maruma and Ryan Murray.

The Zimbabwe A side is expected to begin camp next week ahead of the first match slated for January 27 at Harare Sports Club.

Mavuta led the Zimbabwe U19 team at the previous ICC World Cup in Bangladesh where Zimbabwe crashed out in the group stages courtesy of the Mankad dismissal when they needed three runs off the last over with a wicket in hand.

Neville Madziva, Tapiwa Mufudza, Victor Nyauchi, Prince Masvaure, Brandon Mavuta, Carl Mumba, Prince Masvaure and Tendai Chatara are some of the players in the A squad.

What is the Mankad dismissal?

When the batsman at the non-striker's end has backed up out of his crease and the bowler in his run-up removes the bails with the batsman out of his crease, the batsman is said to have been "mankaded". Technically, the dismissal falls under the run-out category.- cricinfo

Why is the dismissal so named?

The most famous instance of this mode of dismissal came when Vinoo Mankad ran Bill Brown out in the Sydney Test in 1947-48. Mankad, in the act of delivering the ball, held on to it and whipped the bails off with Brown well out of his crease. -cricinfo.