India A cricket team

India 'A'
Personnel
Test captainRishabh Pant
One Day captainRuturaj Gaikwad
T20I captainAyush Badoni
CoachHrishikesh Kanitkar
Team information
Founded1992
History
First-class debutEngland A
in 14-17 January 1995
at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Official websitebcci.tv

First-class kit

List A kit

T20 kit

The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing second-tier cricket of India national cricket team. The matches played by India A receive first-class and List A classification. It is a developmental team composed of domestic players who are about to get picked and are in contention for national team get selected in this team or some international players who are not in national team contention also sometimes play.

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). They won the Duleep Trophy in 2024.

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Batting coach
Fielding coach Subhodeep Ghosh
Fast bowling coach Troy Cooley
Spin bowling coach Sairaj Bahutule
Physiotherapist Dr Gaurav Rajendra Sharma
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 12 months, as of 14 May 2026.

Players with international caps are marked in bold.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Formats
Batters
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi15Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxBiharLA
Ricky Bhui30Right-handedRight-arm leg spinAndhraFC
Abhimanyu Easwaran31Right-handedRight-arm leg spinBengalFC
Ruturaj Gaikwad29Right-handedRight-arm off spinMaharashtraFC & LA
Shaik Rasheed 22 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Andhra FC
Baba Indrajith32Right-handedRight-arm leg spinTamil NaduFC
Yashasvi Jaiswal24Left-handedRight-arm leg spinMumbaiFC
Sarfaraz Khan29Right-handedRight-arm leg spinMumbaiFC
Karun Nair34Right-handedRight-arm off spinVidarbhaFC
Devdutt Padikkal26Left-handedRight-arm off spinKarnatakaFC
Sai Sudharsan25Left-handedRight-arm leg spinTamil NaduFC
Tilak Varma23Left-handedRight-arm off spinHyderabadLA
Rajat Patidar 33 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Madhya Pradesh LA
Priyansh Arya25Left-handedRight-arm off spinDelhiLA
Yash Rathod 26 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Vidarbha FC
All-rounders
Harsh Dubey24Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxVidarbhaFC
Tanush Kotian28Right-handedRight-arm off spinMumbaiFC
Nitish Kumar Reddy23Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastAndhraFC
Nishant Sindhu22Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxHaryanaLA
Manav Suthar24Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxRajasthanFC
Shardul Thakur35Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastMumbaiFC
Anukul Roy27Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxJharkhandLA
Suryansh Shedge23Right-handedRight-arm mediumMumbaiLA
Vipraj Nigam24Right-handedRight-arm leg breakUttar PradeshLA
Arshad Khan28Left-handedLeft-arm fast-mediumMadhya PradeshLA
Ayush Badoni32Right-handedRight-arm off breakDelhiLA
Saransh Jain33Left-handedRight-arm off breakMadhya PradeshFC
Shams Mulani 29 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Mumbai FC
Wicket-keepers
KL Rahul34Right-handedN/aKarnatakaFC
Dhruv Jurel25Right-handedN/aUttar PradeshFC
Ishan Kishan28Left-handedRight-arm leg spinJharkhandFC
Abishek Porel24Left-handedN/aBengalFC
Narayan Jagadeesan30Right-handerN/aTamil NaduFC
Prabhsimran Singh26Right-handedN/aPunjabLA
Rishabh Pant29Left-handedN/aDelhiFC
Kumar Kushagra21Right-handedN/aJharkhandFC & LA
Spin bowlers
Rahul Chahar27Right-handedRight-arm leg breakRajasthanT20
Sai Kishore29Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxTamil NaduT20
Hrithik Shokeen26Right-handedRight-arm off breakDelhiT20
Pace bowlers
Khaleel Ahmed28Right-handedLeft-arm fast-mediumRajasthanFC
Yash Thakur27Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumVidarbhaFC & LA
Ashok Sharma 23 Right-handed Right-arm Fast Rajasthan LA
Yash Dayal28Right-handedLeft-arm fast-mediumUttar PradeshFC
Akash Deep29Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumBengalFC
Tushar Deshpande31Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastMumbaiFC
Anshul Kamboj25Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumHaryanaFC, LA
Prasidh Krishna30Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumKarnatakaFC
Mukesh Kumar33Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumBengalFC
Harshit Rana24Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumDelhiFC
Auqib Nabi 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Jammu & Kashmir FC
Mukesh Choudhary 30 Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium Maharashtra FC
Gurjapneet Singh 27 Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Tamil Nadu LA
Navdeep Saini33Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumDelhiFC
Gurnoor Brar26Left-handedRight-arm FastPunjabFC

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1st 'TEST': India-A v England-A at Bangalore, 14-17 Jan 1995". Cricinfo. 14 January 1995. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ India A v England A, 1st first-class match - CricketArchive
  3. 1 2 "India A cricket team". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Full Scorecard of Final India A vs India B 1998/99 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ↑ "Full Scorecard of India Red vs India Blue Final 2006/07 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ↑ "India Blue vs India Red Scorecard 2011/12; Cricket Scorecard".
  7. ↑ "India A squad for ACC Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "India A tour of Australia 2024/25 - Squads". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. ↑ "India A's squad for tour of England announced". BCCI. Retrieved 27 May 2025.