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The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing India. It is the second-tier cricket of India national cricket team.[1] The team is currently captained by Priyank Panchal in first-class cricket[2] and Yash Dhull in List A cricket. Its coached by former Saurashtra player Shitanshu Kotak.[3][4]
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.[1] 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).Template: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 last two home/away seasons (excluding 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup where India picked an Under-23 team).[5][6][7][8] International cap players are marked in bold.
| Name
|
Age
|
Batting style
|
Bowling style
|
Domestic team
|
Forms
|
Note
|
| Batsmen
|
| Prithvi Shaw |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right arm off spin |
Mumbai |
FC, LA |
|
| Priyank Panchal |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium |
Gujarat |
FC |
|
| Abhimanyu Easwaran |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm leg spin |
Bengal |
FC, LA |
|
| Hanuma Vihari |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off spin |
Andhra |
FC |
|
| Sarfaraz Khan |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm leg spin |
Mumbai |
FC |
|
| Devdutt Padikkal |
Template:Age |
Left-handed |
Right-arm off spin |
Karnataka |
FC |
|
| Ruturaj Gaikwad |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off spin |
Maharashtra |
FC, LA |
|
| Rajat Patidar |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off spin |
Madhya Pradesh |
FC, LA |
|
| Tilak Varma |
Template:Age |
Left-handed |
Right-arm off spin |
Hyderabad |
FC, LA |
|
| Rahul Tripathi |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium |
Maharashtra |
LA |
|
| Yashasvi Jaiswal |
Template:Age |
Left-handed |
Right-arm leg spin |
Mumbai |
FC |
|
| Yash Dhull |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off spin |
Delhi |
FC |
|
| Rohan Kunnummal |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off spin |
Kerala |
FC |
|
| All-rounders
|
| Baba Aparajith |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off spin |
Tamil Nadu |
FC |
|
| Krishnappa Gowtham |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off spin |
Karnataka |
FC |
|
| Saurabh Kumar |
Template:Age |
Left-handed |
Slow left-arm orthodox |
Uttar Pradesh |
FC |
|
| Shahbaz Ahmed |
Template:Age |
Left-handed |
Slow left-arm orthodox |
Bengal |
LA |
|
| Rishi Dhawan |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
Himachal Pradesh |
LA |
|
| Raj Bawa |
Template:Age |
Left-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
Chandigarh |
LA |
|
| Jayant Yadav |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off spin |
Haryana |
FC |
|
| Wicket-keepers
|
| Upendra Yadav |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off spin |
Railways |
FC |
|
| Ishan Kishan |
Template:Age |
Left-handed |
Template:N/a |
Jharkhand |
FC |
|
| K. S. Bharat |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Template:N/a |
Andhra |
FC, LA |
|
| Sanju Samson |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm off spin |
Kerala |
LA |
|
| Spin bowlers
|
| Rahul Chahar |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm leg spin |
Rajasthan |
FC, LA |
|
| Kuldeep Yadav |
Template:Age |
Left-handed |
Left-arm unorthodox spin |
Uttar Pradesh |
FC, LA |
|
| Pace bowlers
|
| Navdeep Saini |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast-medium |
Delhi |
FC, LA |
|
| Arzan Nagwaswalla |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Left-arm medium-fast |
Gujarat |
FC |
|
| Umran Malik |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast |
Jammu and Kashmir |
FC, LA |
|
| Ishan Porel |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast-medium |
Bengal |
FC |
|
| Deepak Chahar |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
Rajasthan |
FC |
|
| Mukesh Kumar |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
Bengal |
FC |
|
| Yash Dayal |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Left-arm fast-medium |
Uttar Pradesh |
FC |
|
| Shardul Thakur |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
Mumbai |
FC, LA |
|
| Kuldeep Sen |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast |
Madhya Pradesh |
LA |
|
| Atit Sheth |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm medium-fast |
Baroda |
FC |
|
| Prasidh Krishna |
Template:Age |
Right-handed |
Right-arm fast-medium |
Karnataka |
FC |
|
Issue
BCCI do not regularly organise international tours of India A.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 India A cricket team. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ↑ Hanuma Vihari looking forward to India A's upcoming New Zealand tour after IPL snub, Sain, Vijay(30 December 2019). 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(29 August 2019). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ↑ Rahul Dravid replaced as India A, India U19 coach(29 August 2019). Retrieved 24 Jan 2020.
- ↑ India A unofficial Test Squad - India A in South Africa, 2021 Squad. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ↑ India A Squad - New Zealand A in India, 2022 Squad. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ↑ India A Squad - New Zealand A in India, 2022 Squad. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ↑ India A First Unofficial Test Squad - India A in Bangladesh, 2022 Squad. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ↑ Time to blood Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal; Dravid, Rohit, selectors need to be bolder(12 June 2023).
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