| Australia A cricket team in India in 2025–26 | |||
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| India A | Australia A | ||
| Dates | 16 September – 5 October 2025 | ||
| Captains | Shreyas Iyer[lower-alpha 1] |
Nathan McSweeney (First-class) Jack Edwards[lower-alpha 2] (List A) | |
| FC series | |||
| Result | India A won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Sai Sudharsan (248) | Josh Philippe (212) | |
| Most wickets |
Gurnoor Brar (8) Manav Suthar (8) | Corey Rocchiccioli (6) | |
| LA series | |||
| Result | India A won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Riyan Parag (187) | Cooper Connolly (147) | |
| Most wickets | Nishant Sindhu (6) | Tanveer Sangha (7) | |
| Player of the series | Riyan Parag (India A) | ||
The Australia A cricket team toured India in September and October 2025 to play against India A cricket team.[1] The tour consisted of two first-class and three List A matches.[2] In May 2025, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the fixtures for the tour.[3]
Squads[edit | edit source]
On 24 August, Lance Morris was ruled out of the unofficial Test series due to back surgery.[8][9] He was replaced by Brody Couch.[10][11] Later, Couch was ruled out of the series due to a side strain and was replaced by Henry Thornton.[12] On 8 September, Callum Vidler was ruled out of the unofficial ODI series due to a partial stress fracture and was replaced by Henry Thornton.[13] On 11 September, Aaron Hardie was ruled out of the tour due to a shoulder injury, and Will Sutherland was added to second unofficial Test.[14]
On 6 September, KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj were added to the second unofficial Test.[15] On 22 September, Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the second unofficial Test due to his personal reasons.[16]
First-class series[edit | edit source]
1st Unofficial Test[edit | edit source]
16–19 September 2025
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56/0 (16 overs)
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- Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 54.4 overs play was possible on day 4 due to rain.[17]
2nd Unofficial Test[edit | edit source]
List A series[edit | edit source]
1st Unofficial ODI[edit | edit source]
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- Australia A won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on 30 September due to rain.
- Gurjapneet Singh (India A) made his List A debut.
- Priyansh Arya (India A) scored his maiden century in List A cricket.
2nd Unofficial ODI[edit | edit source]
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- India A won the toss and elected to bat.
- The second innings was reduced to 25 overs due to rain and Australia A were set a revised target of 160 runs from 25 overs.
3rd Unofficial ODI[edit | edit source]
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- Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.
Notes[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Australia & South Africa men's A India tour 2025: Full schedule". Sportstar. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "BCCI announces updated venues for Team India (Int'l home season) & South Africa A Tour of India". BCCI. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "BCCI announces fixtures for Australia Women's, Australia Men's A and South Africa Men's A team tours of India". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "India A squad for two multi-day matches against Australia A announced". BCCI. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ↑ "India A and Rest of India squads announced". BCCI. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ↑ "Konstas in 'A' squad picked with eye to next BGT tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Konstas, Peake, McSweeney named in Australia A squad for India tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Morris ruled out for up to 12 months after opting for back surgery". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Morris set for surgery, long stint on sidelines". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Big Bash League: Brody Couch the early frontrunner to replace injured Perth Scorchers star Lance Morris". The West Australian. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ↑ "Brody Couch in frame to join Australia A squad for India tour". The Chronicle. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ↑ "Young gun Callum Vidler ruled out of Australia A tour of India due to partial fracture". The Tribune. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ↑ "Vidler ruled out of Australia A tour of India with a partial stress fracture". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ↑ "Hardie ruled out of 'A' tour with shoulder injury". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ↑ "Shreyas Iyer to lead India A in multi-day matches against Australia A". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ↑ "Shreyas Iyer to miss second four-day game against Australia A". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- ↑ "Rain the only winner as India A, Australia A share spoils". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 21 September 2025.