India A cricket team

India 'A'
Personnel
Test captainRuturaj Gaikwad
One Day captainYash Dhull
T20I captainTilak Varma
Team information
Founded1992
History
First-class debutEngland A
in 14-17 January 1995
at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium[1][2]
Official websitebcci.tv

First-class kit

List A kit

T20 kit

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.

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

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  • 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

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This 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 21 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

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ACC

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Domestic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1st 'TEST': India-A v England-A at Bangalore, 14-17 Jan 1995". ESPNcricinfo. 14 January 1995. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ India A v England A, 1st first-class match - CricketArchive
  3. ^ a b "India A cricket team". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ^ "India A tour of South Africa 2023/24 - Squads". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  5. ^ "England Lions tour of India 2023/24 - Squads". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  6. ^ "India A tour of Australia 2024/25 - Squads". ESPNcricinfo.
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