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India 'A'
India-A cricket team logo
Personnel
CaptainHanuma Vihari (FC)
Shubman Gill (LA)
CoachShitanshu Kotak
Bowling coachRamesh Powar
Team information
Founded1992
History
First-class debutEngland A
in 14 January 1995
at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Official websiteOfficial Website

First-class

One-day

The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing India. It's the second-tier of Indian international cricket, below the full India national cricket team. The team is currently captained by Hanuma Vihari in first-class cricket and Shubman Gill in List A cricket. The team is coached by former Saurashtra player Shitanshu Kotak.

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.

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

  • Head coach & Batting coach: Shitanshu Kotak
  • Bowling coach: Ramesh Powar
  • 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

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
Shubman Gill 24 Right-handed - Punjab FC, LA List A Captain
Abhimanyu Easwaran 28 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Bengal FC, LA
Priyank Panchal 34 Right-handed Right-arm medium Gujarat FC
Hanuma Vihari 30 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Andhra FC, LA First-class Captain
Anmolpreet Singh 26 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Punjab FC, LA
Ruturaj Gaikwad 27 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Maharashtra FC, LA
Mayank Agarwal 33 Right-handed Karnataka FC, LA
Ricky Bhui 27 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Andhra FC, LA
Manish Pandey 34 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Karnataka LA
All-rounders
Shivam Dube 30 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Mumbai FC, LA
Vijay Shankar 33 Right-handed Right-arm medium Tamil Nadu FC, LA
Axar Patel 30 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Gujarat LA
Krunal Pandya 33 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Baroda LA
Washington Sundar 24 Left-handed Right-arm off spin Tamil Nadu LA
Wicket-keeper
K. S. Bharat 30 Right-handed Wicket Keeper Andhra FC
Ishan Kishan 25 Left-handed Wicket Keeper Jharkhand LA
Wriddhiman Saha 39 Right-handed Wicket Keeper Bengal FC
Spin bowlers
Shahbaz Nadeem 34 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Jharkhand FC
Rahul Chahar 24 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Rajasthan FC, LA
Krishnappa Gowtham 35 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Karnataka FC
Mayank Markande 26 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Punjab FC, LA
Pace bowlers
Mohammad Siraj 30 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Hyderabad FC, LA
Sandeep Warrier 33 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Kerala FC, LA
Ishan Porel 25 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Bengal FC, LA
Khaleel Ahmed 26 Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Rajasthan LA
Avesh Khan 27 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Madhya Pradesh FC

See also

References