The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing second-tier cricket of India national cricket team.[3] The matches played by India A receive first-class and List A classification.[3] It is a developmental team, domestic players who are about to get picked and are in contention for national team get selected in this team or some international players who are not in national team contention also sometimes play.
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| Personnel | ||||
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| Test captain | Ruturaj Gaikwad | |||
| One Day captain | Yash Dhull | |||
| T20I captain | Tilak Varma | |||
| Team information | ||||
| Founded | 1992 | |||
| History | ||||
| First-class debut | England A in 14-17 January 1995 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium[1][2] | |||
| Official website | bcci | |||
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The team had played in NKP Salve Challenger Trophy as India Red, Its names were changed for the 2006 version of this tournament. India A became India Red. The team has won the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy four times (2001/02, 2003/04, 2004,05, 2009/10) and shared the trophy thrice (1998/99, 2006/07, 2011/12).[citation needed] They won the Duleep Trophy in 2024
Coaching staff
edit- Head coach & Batting coach: Shitanshu Kotak
- Fielding coach: Munish Bali
- Fast Bowling Coach: Troy Cooley
- Spin Bowling Coach: Sairaj Bahutule
- Physiotherapist: Yogesh Parmar
- Strength & Conditioning Coach: Anand Date
- Performance Analyst: Devraj Raut
- Massuer: Mangesh Gaikwad
Current squad
editThis is a list of players who have received an India A call-up in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons (excluding 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup where India picked an Under-23 team).[4][5][6]
Players with international caps are marked in bold.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Domestic team | Formats | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||
| Ricky Bhui | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Andhra | FC | |
| Abhimanyu Easwaran | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Bengal | FC | Vice-captain |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Maharashtra | FC | Captain |
| Baba Indrajith | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Tamil Nadu | FC | |
| Sarfaraz Khan | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Mumbai | FC | |
| Devdutt Padikkal | 24 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | Karnataka | FC | |
| Rajat Patidar | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Madhya Pradesh | FC | |
| Pradosh Ranjan Paul | 23 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | Tamil Nadu | FC | |
| Rinku Singh | 27 | Left-handed | Right arm off spin | Uttar Pradesh | FC | |
| Sai Sudharsan | 23 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Tamil Nadu | FC | |
| Tilak Varma | 22 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | Hyderabad | FC | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Saransh Jain | 31 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | Madhya Pradesh | FC | |
| Tanush Kotian | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Mumbai | FC | |
| Saurabh Kumar | 31 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Uttar Pradesh | FC | |
| Shams Mulani | 27 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Mumbai | FC | |
| Pulkit Narang | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Services | FC | |
| Axar Patel | 30 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Gujarat | FC | |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | 21 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Andhra | FC | |
| Washington Sundar | 25 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | Tamil Nadu | FC | |
| Manav Suthar | 22 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Rajasthan | FC | |
| Shardul Thakur | 33 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Mumbai | FC | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| K. S. Bharat | 31 | Right-handed | — | Andhra | FC | |
| Dhruv Jurel | 23 | Right-handed | — | Uttar Pradesh | FC | |
| Ishan Kishan | 26 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Jharkhand | FC | |
| Kumar Kushagra | 20 | Right-handed | — | Jharkhand | FC | |
| Abishek Porel | 22 | Left-handed | — | Bengal | FC | |
| Upendra Yadav | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Railways | FC | |
| Spin bowlers | ||||||
| Kuldeep Yadav | 29 | Left-handed | Left-arm unorthodox spin | Uttar Pradesh | FC | |
| Pace bowlers | ||||||
| Khaleel Ahmed | 26 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Rajasthan | FC | |
| Yash Dayal | 26 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Uttar Pradesh | FC | |
| Akash Deep | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Bengal | FC | |
| Tushar Deshpande | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Mumbai | FC | |
| Vidwath Kaverappa | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Karnataka | FC | |
| Prasidh Krishna | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Karnataka | FC | |
| Mukesh Kumar | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Bengal | FC | |
| Harshit Rana | 22 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Delhi | FC | |
| Navdeep Saini | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Delhi | FC | |
| Arshdeep Singh | 25 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Punjab | FC | |
Honours
editACC
editDomestic
edit- Deodhar Trophy:
- Champions (1): 2015-16
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1st 'TEST': India-A v England-A at Bangalore, 14-17 Jan 1995". ESPNcricinfo. 14 January 1995. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ India A v England A, 1st first-class match - CricketArchive
- ^ a b "India A cricket team". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "India A tour of South Africa 2023/24 - Squads". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "England Lions tour of India 2023/24 - Squads". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "India A tour of Australia 2024/25 - Squads". ESPNcricinfo.
External links
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