India A cricket team

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 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]

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

  • 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] Players with international caps are marked in bold.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms Note
Batsmen
Yash Dhull 21 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Delhi FC
Abhimanyu Easwaran 28 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Bengal FC, LA
Ruturaj Gaikwad 26 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Maharashtra FC, LA
Yashasvi Jaiswal 22 Left-handed Right-arm leg spin Mumbai FC
Sarfaraz Khan 26 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Mumbai FC
Rohan Kunnummal 25 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Kerala FC
Devdutt Padikkal 23 Left-handed Right-arm off spin Karnataka FC
Priyank Panchal 33 Right-handed Right-arm medium Gujarat FC
Rajat Patidar 30 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Madhya Pradesh FC, LA
Pradosh Ranjan Paul 23 Left-handed Right-arm off spin Tamil Nadu FC
Prithvi Shaw 24 Right-handed Right arm off spin Mumbai LA
Sai Sudharsan 22 Left-handed Right-arm leg spin Tamil Nadu FC
Rahul Tripathi 32 Right-handed Right-arm medium Goa LA
Tilak Varma 21 Left-handed Right-arm off spin Hyderabad FC, LA
All-rounders
Shahbaz Ahmed 29 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Bengal LA
Raj Bawa 21 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Chandigarh LA
Saurabh Kumar 30 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Uttar Pradesh FC
Pulkit Narang 29 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Services FC
Axar Patel 29 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Gujarat FC
Atit Sheth 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Baroda FC
Washington Sundar 24 Left-handed Right-arm off spin Tamil Nadu FC
Manav Suthar 21 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Rajasthan FC
Shardul Thakur 32 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Mumbai FC, LA
Jayant Yadav 33 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Haryana FC
Wicket-keepers
K. S. Bharat 30 Right-handed — Andhra FC, LA FC Captain
Dhruv Jurel 22 Right-handed — Uttar Pradesh FC
Sanju Samson 29 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Kerala LA LA Captain
Upendra Yadav 27 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Railways FC
Spin bowlers
Rahul Chahar 24 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Rajasthan FC, LA
Kuldeep Yadav 29 Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox spin Uttar Pradesh FC, LA
Pace bowlers
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 28 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Mumbai FC
Vidwath Kaverappa 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Karnataka FC
Prasidh Krishna 27 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Karnataka FC
Mukesh Kumar 30 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Bengal FC
Umran Malik 24 Right-handed Right-arm fast Jammu and Kashmir FC, LA
Arzan Nagwaswalla 26 Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast Gujarat FC
Harshit Rana 22 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Delhi FC
Navdeep Saini 31 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Delhi FC, LA
Kuldeep Sen 27 Right-handed Right-arm fast Tamil Nadu LA

Issue

BCCI do not regularly organise international tours of India A.[10]

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. ^ a b "India A cricket team". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "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. ^ "Time to blood Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal; Dravid, Rohit, selectors need to be bolder". 12 June 2023.

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