Krishnamachari Srikkanth and his colleagues are also likely to pick 30 probables for the World Twenty20 in September, also in Sri Lanka.

It is learnt that the five wise men — Srikkanth, Mohinder Amarnath, Narendra Hirwani, Surendra Bhave and Raja Venkat — are not that impressed with the performance of India ‘A’ in the West Indies. But the 22-year-old Ahmed seems to have done enough to catch the eyes of the selectors and is almost certain to be among the World T20 probables, if not in the Colombo-bound party.