India A cricket team

The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing India. It is the second-tier cricket of India national cricket team.[3] The team is currently captained by K. S. Bharat in first-class cricket[4] and coached by Shitanshu Kotak.[5][6]

India 'A'
India-A cricket team logo
Team information
Founded1992
History
First-class debutEngland A
in 14 January 1995
at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium[1][2]
Official websiteOfficial Website

First-class

List A

The matches played by India A are not considered to be Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receive first-class and List A classification respectively.[3] It is a developmental team, often domestic players first get selected in this team before playing for senior team.

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).

Coaching staff
  • 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

This is a list of players who have received an India A call-up in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons (excluding 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup where India picked an Under-23 team).[7][8][9][4][10] Players with international caps are marked in bold.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms Note
Batsmen
Yash Dhull21Right-handedRight-arm off spinDelhiFC
Abhimanyu Easwaran28Right-handedRight-arm leg spinBengalFC, LA
Ruturaj Gaikwad27Right-handedRight-arm off spinMaharashtraFC, LA
Yashasvi Jaiswal22Left-handedRight-arm leg spinMumbaiFC
Sarfaraz Khan26Right-handedRight-arm leg spinMumbaiFC
Rohan Kunnummal25Right-handedRight-arm off spinKeralaFC
Devdutt Padikkal23Left-handedRight-arm off spinKarnatakaFC
Priyank Panchal34Right-handedRight-arm mediumGujaratFC
Rajat Patidar30Right-handedRight-arm off spinMadhya PradeshFC, LA
Pradosh Ranjan Paul23Left-handedRight-arm off spinTamil NaduFC
Prithvi Shaw24Right-handedRight arm off spinMumbaiLA
Rinku Singh26Left-handedRight arm off spinUttar PradeshFC
Sai Sudharsan22Left-handedRight-arm leg spinTamil NaduFC
Rahul Tripathi33Right-handedRight-arm mediumGoaLA
Tilak Varma21Left-handedRight-arm off spinHyderabadFC, LA
All-rounders
Shahbaz Ahmed29Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxBengalLA
Raj Bawa21Left-handedRight-arm medium-fastChandigarhLA
Saurabh Kumar30Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxUttar PradeshFC
Shams Mulani27Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxMumbaiFC
Pulkit Narang29Right-handedRight-arm off spinServicesFC
Axar Patel30Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxGujaratFC
Atit Sheth28Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastBarodaFC
Washington Sundar24Left-handedRight-arm off spinTamil NaduFC
Manav Suthar21Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxRajasthanFC
Shardul Thakur32Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastMumbaiFC, LA
Jayant Yadav34Right-handedRight-arm off spinHaryanaFC
Wicket-keepers
K. S. Bharat30Right-handed—AndhraFC, LAFC Captain
Dhruv Jurel23Right-handed—Uttar PradeshFC
Kumar Kushagra19Right-handed—JharkhandFC
Sanju Samson29Right-handedRight-arm off spinKeralaLALA Captain
Upendra Yadav27Right-handedRight-arm off spinRailwaysFC
Spin bowlers
Rahul Chahar24Right-handedRight-arm leg spinRajasthanFC, LA
Kuldeep Yadav29Left-handedLeft-arm unorthodox spinUttar PradeshFC, LA
Pace bowlers
Yash Dayal26Right-handedLeft-arm fast-mediumUttar PradeshFC
Akash Deep27Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumBengalFC
Tushar Deshpande28Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastMumbaiFC
Vidwath Kaverappa25Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastKarnatakaFC
Prasidh Krishna28Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumKarnatakaFC
Mukesh Kumar30Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumBengalFC
Umran Malik24Right-handedRight-arm fastJammu and KashmirFC, LA
Arzan Nagwaswalla26Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fastGujaratFC
Harshit Rana22Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumDelhiFC
Navdeep Saini31Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumDelhiFC, LA
Kuldeep Sen27Right-handedRight-arm fastTamil NaduLA
Arshdeep Singh25Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fastPunjabFC

Issue

BCCI do not regularly organise international tours of India A.[11]

See also

References
  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. "India A cricket team". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. "Bumrah, Rahul and Shreyas back in India's Test squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. "Who are Sitanshu Kotak and Paras Mhambrey? Know all about Rahul Dravid's replacement as India A and U-19 coach". Times Now News. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  6. "Rahul Dravid replaced as India A, India U19 coach". 29 August 2019. Retrieved 24 Jan 2020.
  7. "India A Squad - New Zealand A in India, 2022 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  8. "India A Squad - New Zealand A in India, 2022 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  9. "India A First Unofficial Test Squad - India A in Bangladesh, 2022 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  10. "Tilak Varma, Arshdeep Singh, Rinku Singh in India A squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  11. "Time to blood Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal; Dravid, Rohit, selectors need to be bolder". 12 June 2023.


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