India A cricket team
Second-tier national team
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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 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.
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| Personnel | ||||
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| Test captain | Rishabh Pant | |||
| One Day captain | Tilak Varma | |||
| T20I captain | Ayush Badoni | |||
| Coach | Hrishikesh Kanitkar | |||
| Team information | ||||
| Founded | 1992 | |||
| History | ||||
| First-class debut | England A in 14-17 January 1995 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium[1][2] | |||
| Official website | bcci | |||
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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).[4][5][6] They won the Duleep Trophy in 2024.
Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| 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.[7][8][9]
Players with international caps are marked in bold.
See also
- India men's national cricket team
- India women's national cricket team
- India national under-19 cricket team
- India women's national under-19 cricket team
- Board of control for cricket in india (BCCI)
- BCCI Awards
- National Cricket Academy (NCA)
- Cricket in India
- Sport in India – Overview of sports in India
- Glossary of cricket terms
