India A cricket team

India 'A'
India-A cricket team logo
Personnel
Captain Karun Nair (FC)
Shreyas Iyer (LA)
Coach Rahul Dravid
Bowling coach Paras Mhambrey
Team information
Founded 1992
History
First-class debut England A
in January 14, 1995
at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Official website: Official Website

First-class

One-day

The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing India. It is the 'second-tier' of Indian international cricket, below the full India national cricket team. The team is currently captained by Karun Nair in first-class cricket, Shreyas Iyer in List A cricket and Mandeep Singh in Twenty20 cricket. The team is coached by former India player Rahul Dravid.

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. Under the name of 'India Emerging Players', the team also takes part in the Emerging Players Tournament. It has won the Emerging Players Tournament in 2009 and 2011.[1][2]

The team also plays 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

Current squad

This is a list of players who were selected for India A. International cap players are marked as Bold. Players not part of the squad and not regularly involved in the top level domestic cricket are opted out.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms Note
First Class Captain & Middle Order Batsman
Karun Nair26Right-handedRight-arm off breakKarnataka
Kings XI Punjab		FCMaiden Test Century was a Triple Hundred
List A Captain & Middle Order Batsman
Shreyas Iyer21Right-handedLeg break googlyMumbai
Delhi Daredevils		FC, LA
Opening batsmen
Mayank Agarwal27Right-handedKarnataka
Kings XI Punjab		FC, LAHighest run scorer in 2017–18 Ranji Trophy
Selected in India cricket team Test squad for India-West Indies Test Series
Ishan Kishan20Left-HandedWicket-keeperJharkhand
Mumbai Indians		LA
Abhimanyu Easwaran23Right-handedBengalFC
Prithvi Shaw18Right-handedMumbai
Delhi Daredevils		FC, LAPlayed in 2017–18 Irani Cup
Scored ton in 2017–18 Duleep Trophy final
Selected in India cricket team Test squad for England Test Series
Second-youngest Indian to score Test Century on Debut
Middle-order batsmen
Ankit Bawne25Right-handedLeg break googlyMaharashtraFC
Ravikumar Samarth25Right-handed-KarnatakaFC
Shubman Gill19Right-handedPunjab
Kolkata Knight Riders		LA
Lower-order batsmen
Hanuma Vihari24Right-handedRight-arm off breakAndhraFC, LASelected in India cricket team Test squad for England Test Series
Deepak Hooda23Right-handedRight-arm off breakBaroda
Sunrisers Hyderabad		LA
Wicket-keeper Batsman
K. S. Bharat25Right HandedWicket KeeperAndhraFC
Rishabh Pant21Left HandedWicket KeeperDelhi
Delhi Daredevils		FC, LA24 sixes hit in 2017 Indian Premier League
Scored 128*(63) in 2018 Indian Premier League
Pacer All-rounders
Vijay Shankar27Right-handedRight-arm mediumTamil Nadu
Delhi Daredevils		FC, LA
Spinner All-rounders
Jayant Yadav28Right-handedRight-arm off breakHaryana
Delhi Daredevils		FC1 Test 100s
Krunal Pandya27Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxBaroda
Mumbai Indians		LA
Axar Patel24Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxGujarat
Kings XI Punjab		LA45 ODI Wickets
Left-arm Pace bowlers
Khaleel Ahmed20Right-handedLeft-arm fast-mediumRajasthan
Sunrisers Hyderabad		LASelected in India cricket team ODI squad for 2018 Asia Cup
Right-arm medium Pace bowlers
Navdeep Saini25Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumDelhi
Royal Challengers Bangalore		FC
Rajneesh Gurbani25Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastVidarbhaFC
Right-arm fast Pace bowlers
Shardul Thakur26Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastMumbai
Chennai Super Kings		LA
Deepak Chahar26Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastRajasthan
Chennai Super Kings		LA
Ankit Rajpoot24Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastUttar Pradesh
Kings XI Punjab		FC
Mohammad Siraj24Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumHyderabad
Royal Challengers Bangalore		FC
Prasidh Krishna22Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumKarnataka
Kolkata Knight Riders		LA
Spin bowlers
Krishnappa Gowtham29Right-handedRight-arm off breakKarnataka
Rajasthan Royals		FC, LA
Shahbaz Nadeem29Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxJharkhand
Delhi Daredevils		FC

Statistics

Batsmen with highest first-class cricket averages

(minimum 20 matches, fewer than five Tests):

Name Team Matches Runs Average
Hanuma VihariHyderabad32244058.09
KL RahulKarnataka34306857.91
Manoj TiwaryBengal78570957.85
Ankit BawneMaharashtra52347153.40
Akshath ReddyHyderabad38275052.88
Karun NairKarnataka23172450.70
Manish PandeyKarnataka70483250.86
Manpreet JunejaGujarat25166750.51

Upcoming Schedule

DateTypeOppositionGround
Jun 25, 2018LAAustralia ADevineni Venkata Ramana Praneetha Ground, Mulapadu, Krishna, Andhra Pradesh

See also

References

  1. ↑ "India take Emerging Players title". ESPN Cricinfo.
  2. ↑ "Carters ton denies India victory". ESPN Cricinfo.
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