Bond has been included in the New Zealand one-day side that will be involved in a tri-series along with India following a two-Test series against Sri Lanka commencing Aug 18.

The Kiwis are scheduled to take on Andhra Cricket Association XI in their opening game to be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium Aug 16-17.

The annual tournament offers a prize money of Rs.1 lakh to the winner and Rs.50,000 to runner-up.

The groupings:

Group A: TNCA XI, Assam XI, Madhya Pradesh XI, Himachal Pradesh XI.

Group B: New Zealand A, Andhra Cricket Association XI, Tamil Nadu Districts XI, Baroda XI.

Group C: Karnataka XI, TNCA President's XI, Vidarbha XI, Mumbai XI.

Group D: Saurashtra XI, Hyderabad XI, Kerala XI, Orissa XI.