| Personnel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Hanuma Vihari (FC) Shubman Gill (LA) | ||
| Coach | Shitanshu Kotak | ||
| Fielding coach | T. Dilip | ||
| Team information | |||
| Founded | 1992 | ||
| History | |||
| First-class debut | England A in 14 January 1995 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium[1][2] | ||
| Official website | Official Website | ||
| |||
The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing India. It is the second-tier of Indian international cricket, below the full India national cricket team.[3] The team is currently captained by Hanuma Vihari in first-class cricket[4] and Shubman Gill in List A cricket. The team is coached by former Saurashtra player Shitanshu Kotak.[5][6]
The matches played by India A are not considered to be Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receiving first-class and List A classification respectively.[3]
The team also played in NKP Salve Challenger Trophy as India Red. The team 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[edit | edit source]
- Head coach & Batting coach: Shitanshu Kotak
- Fielding coach: T. Dilip
- Wicket keeping Coach : Vijay Yadav
- Physiotherapist: Yogesh Parmar
- Strength & Conditioning Coach: Anand Date
- Performance Analyst: Devraj Raut
- Massuer: Mangesh Gaikwad
Current squad[edit | edit source]
International cap players are marked as Bold. This is the list of players who represented India A in at least 2 First-class or 8 List A matches in the latest home/away seasons.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Domestic team | Forms | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Shubhman Gill | 27 | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | Punjab | FC, LA | List A Captain |
| Abhimanyu Easwaran | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Bengal | FC, LA | |
| Priyank Panchal | 36 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Gujarat | FC | |
| Hanuma Vihari | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Andhra | FC, LA | First-class Captain |
| Anmolpreet Singh | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Punjab | FC, LA | |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Maharashtra | FC, LA | |
| Mayank Agarwal | 35 | Right-handed | N/A | Karnataka | FC, LA | |
| Ricky Bhui | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Andhra | FC, LA | |
| Manish Pandey | 37 | Right-handed | N/A | Karnataka | LA | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Shivam Dube | 33 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Mumbai | FC, LA | |
| Vijay Shankar | 35 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Tamil Nadu | FC, LA | |
| Axar Patel | 32 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Gujarat | LA | |
| Krunal Pandya | 35 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Baroda | LA | |
| Washington Sundar | 26 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | Tamil Nadu | LA | |
| Krishnappa Gowtham | 37 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Karnataka | FC | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| K. S. Bharat | 32 | Right-handed | N/A | Andhra | FC | |
| Ishan Kishan | 28 | Left-handed | N/A | Jharkhand | LA | |
| Wriddhiman Saha | 41 | Right-handed | N/A | Bengal | FC | |
| Spin bowlers | ||||||
| Shahbaz Nadeem | 37 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Jharkhand | FC | |
| Rahul Chahar | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Rajasthan | FC, LA | |
| Mayank Markande | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Punjab | FC, LA | |
| Pace bowlers | ||||||
| Mohammad Siraj | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Hyderabad | FC, LA | |
| Sandeep Warrier | 35 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Tamil Nadu | FC, LA | |
| Ishan Porel | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Bengal | FC, LA | |
| Khaleel Ahmed | 28 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Rajasthan | LA | |
| Avesh Khan | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Madhya Pradesh | FC | |
See also[edit | edit source]
- India Under-19 cricket team
- Indian cricket team
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "India A cricket team". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Sain, Vijay (30 December 2019). "Hanuma Vihari looking forward to India A's upcoming New Zealand tour after IPL snub". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ↑ "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Rahul Dravid replaced as India A, India U19 coach". Retrieved 24 Jan 2020.