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Personnel | ||||
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Test captain | Dhruv Jurel | |||
One Day captain | Rajat Patidar | |||
T20I captain | Tilak Varma | |||
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 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.
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 | Yogesh Parmar |
Strength & conditioning coach | Anand Date |
Performance analyst | Devraj Raut |
Massuer | Mangesh Gaikwad |
This is a list of players who have received an India A call-up in the last 12 months, as of 27 May 2025. [4] [5] [6]
Players with international caps are marked in bold.