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India A cricket team

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India 'A'
Personnel
Test captainRuturaj Gaikwad
One Day captainYash Dhull
T20I captainTilak Varma
CoachShitanshu Kotak
Team information
Founded1992
History
First-class debutEngland A
in 14-17 January 1995
at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium[1][2]
ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup wins Champions (2013)
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.[3] The matches played by India A receive first-class and List A classification.[3] It is a developmental team, 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).[citation needed] They won the Duleep Trophy in 2024

Current squad

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This is a list of players who have received an India A call-up for 2024 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[4][5]

Players with international caps are marked in bold.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Formats Note
Batters
Ayush Badoni 25 Right-handed Right-arm off break Delhi T20
Ramandeep Singh 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium Punjab T20
Nehal Wadhera 24 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Punjab T20
All-rounders
Abhishek Sharma 24 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Punjab T20 Vice-captain
Anshul Kamboj 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium Haryana T20
Nishant Sindhu 20 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Haryana T20
Sai Kishore 28 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Tamil Nadu T20
Tilak Varma 22 Left-handed Right-arm off spin Hyderabad T20 Captain
Wicket-keepers
Anuj Rawat 25 Left-handed - Delhi T20
Prabhsimran Singh 24 Right-handed - Punjab T20
Spin bowlers
Hrithik Shokeen 24 Right-handed Right-arm off break Delhi T20
Rahul Chahar 25 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Rajasthan T20
Pace bowlers
Aaqib Khan 21 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Uttar Pradesh T20
Vaibhav Arora 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Himachal Pradesh T20
Rasikh Salam 24 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Jammu and Kashmir T20

Coaching staff

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Position Name
Head coach Shitanshu Kotak
Batting coach
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

Tournament History

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A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within India

Key
Champions
Runners-up
Semi-finals

ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup

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ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup record
Year Round Position P W L T NR
Singapore 2013 Champions 1/8 5 4 1 0 0
Bangladesh 2017[6] Group Stage 5/8 3 2 1 0 0
Sri Lanka
Pakistan 2018[7]
Runners-up 2/8 5 4 1 0 0
Bangladesh 2019[8] Semi-finals 4/8 4 2 2 0 0
Sri Lanka 2023[9] Runners-up 2/8 5 4 1 0 0
Oman 2024[10] Semi-finals 3/8 4 3 1 0 0
Total 1 Title - 28 19 8 1 0

Honours

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ACC

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Domestic

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See also

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References

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  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. ^ "India A squad for ACC Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 announced". BCCI.tv. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  5. ^ "India A squad for ACC Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  6. ^ "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2017". Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  7. ^ "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2018". Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  8. ^ "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  9. ^ "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023". Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  10. ^ "ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024". Retrieved 27 October 2024.
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