India A cricket team

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India 'A'
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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

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List A

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 Priyank Panchal in first-class cricket[4] and Yash Dhull in List A cricket. Its 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 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).[citation needed]

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[edit]

This is a list of players who have received an India A call-up in the last two home/away seasons (excluding 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup where India picked an Under-23 team).[7][8][9][10] International cap players are marked in bold.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms Note
Batsmen
Prithvi Shaw 25 Right-handed Right arm off spin Mumbai FC, LA
Priyank Panchal 35 Right-handed Right-arm medium Gujarat FC
Abhimanyu Easwaran 29 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Bengal FC, LA
Hanuma Vihari 31 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Andhra FC
Sarfaraz Khan 27 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Mumbai FC
Devdutt Padikkal 24 Left-handed Right-arm off spin Karnataka FC
Ruturaj Gaikwad 28 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Maharashtra FC, LA
Rajat Patidar 31 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Madhya Pradesh FC, LA
Tilak Varma 22 Left-handed Right-arm off spin Hyderabad FC, LA
Rahul Tripathi 34 Right-handed Right-arm medium Maharashtra LA
Yashasvi Jaiswal 23 Left-handed Right-arm leg spin Mumbai FC
Yash Dhull 22 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Delhi FC
Rohan Kunnummal 26 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Kerala FC
All-rounders
Baba Aparajith 30 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Tamil Nadu FC
Krishnappa Gowtham 36 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Karnataka FC
Saurabh Kumar 31 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Uttar Pradesh FC
Shahbaz Ahmed 30 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Bengal LA
Rishi Dhawan 35 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Himachal Pradesh LA
Raj Bawa 22 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Chandigarh LA
Jayant Yadav 35 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Haryana FC
Wicket-keepers
Upendra Yadav 28 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Railways FC
Ishan Kishan 26 Left-handed N/A Jharkhand FC
K. S. Bharat 31 Right-handed N/A Andhra FC, LA
Sanju Samson 30 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Kerala LA
Spin bowlers
Rahul Chahar 25 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Rajasthan FC, LA
Kuldeep Yadav 30 Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox spin Uttar Pradesh FC, LA
Pace bowlers
Navdeep Saini 32 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Delhi FC, LA
Arzan Nagwaswalla 27 Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast Gujarat FC
Umran Malik 25 Right-handed Right-arm fast Jammu and Kashmir FC, LA
Ishan Porel 26 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Bengal FC
Deepak Chahar 32 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Rajasthan FC
Mukesh Kumar 31 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Bengal FC
Yash Dayal 27 Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Uttar Pradesh FC
Shardul Thakur 33 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Mumbai FC, LA
Kuldeep Sen 28 Right-handed Right-arm fast Madhya Pradesh LA
Atit Sheth 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Baroda FC
Prasidh Krishna 29 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Karnataka FC

Issue[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "India A cricket team". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ↑ 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.
  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 unofficial Test Squad - India A in South Africa, 2021 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 Squad - New Zealand A in India, 2022 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "India A First Unofficial Test Squad - India A in Bangladesh, 2022 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Time to blood Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal; Dravid, Rohit, selectors need to be bolder". 12 June 2023.

External links[edit]

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