| India 'A' | |
| Founded: | 1992 |
| First Fc: | England A |
| First Fc Year: | 14-17 January 1995 |
| First Fc Venue: | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium[1] [2] |
| H Pattern B: | _IndTest23 |
| H Pattern Pants: | _blue_stripes_adidas |
| H Leftarm: | FFFFFF |
| H Body: | 1350C1 |
| H Rightarm: | FFFFFF |
| H Pants: | FFFFFF |
| H Title: | First-class kit |
| A Pattern La: | _IndODI23 |
| A Pattern B: | _IndODI23 |
| A Pattern Ra: | _IndODI23 |
| A Pattern Pants: | _white_stripes_adidas |
| A Leftarm: | 0889E6 |
| A Body: | 0889E6 |
| A Rightarm: | 0889E6 |
| A Pants: | 0889E6 |
| A Title: | List A kit |
| T Pattern La: | _blueborder |
| T Pattern B: | _ind_t20wc_24 |
| T Pattern Ra: | _blueborder |
| T Pattern Pants: | _white_stripes_adidas |
| T Leftarm: | FB671DFF |
| T Body: | 1350C1 |
| T Rightarm: | FB671DFF |
| T Pants: | 1350C1 |
| T Title: | 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. 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).
This is a list of players who have received an India A call-up in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons (excluding 2023 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup where India picked an Under-23 team).[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Players with international caps are marked in bold.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Domestic team | Forms | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Right-handed | FC | |||||
| Right-handed | FC, LA | |||||
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | Right-handed | FC, LA | ||||
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Left-handed | FC | ||||
| Sarfaraz Khan | Right-handed | FC | ||||
| Right-handed | FC | |||||
| Devdutt Padikkal | Left-handed | FC | ||||
| Right-handed | FC | |||||
| Rajat Patidar | Right-handed | FC, LA | ||||
| Left-handed | FC | |||||
| Prithvi Shaw | Right-handed | LA | ||||
| Rinku Singh | Left-handed | FC | ||||
| Sai Sudharsan | Left-handed | FC | ||||
| Rahul Tripathi | Right-handed | LA | ||||
| Tilak Varma | Left-handed | FC, LA | ||||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Shahbaz Ahmed | Left-handed | LA | ||||
| Left-handed | LA | |||||
| Left-handed | FC | |||||
| Left-handed | FC | |||||
| Right-handed | FC | |||||
| Axar Patel | Left-handed | FC | ||||
| Right-handed | FC | |||||
| Washington Sundar | Left-handed | FC | ||||
| Left-handed | FC | |||||
| Shardul Thakur | Right-handed | FC, LA | ||||
| Jayant Yadav | Right-handed | FC | ||||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| K. S. Bharat | Right-handed | FC, LA | FC Captain | |||
| Dhruv Jurel | Right-handed | FC | ||||
| Right-handed | FC | |||||
| Sanju Samson | Right-handed | LA | LA Captain | |||
| Right-handed | FC | |||||
| Spin bowlers | ||||||
| Rahul Chahar | Right-handed | FC, LA | ||||
| Kuldeep Yadav | Left-handed | FC, LA | ||||
| Pace bowlers | ||||||
| Right-handed | FC | |||||
| Akash Deep | Right-handed | FC | ||||
| Right-handed | FC | |||||
| Right-handed | FC | |||||
| Prasidh Krishna | Right-handed | FC | ||||
| Mukesh Kumar | Right-handed | FC | ||||
| Umran Malik | Right-handed | FC, LA | ||||
| Right-handed | FC | |||||
| Right-handed | FC | |||||
| Navdeep Saini | Right-handed | FC, LA | ||||
| Kuldeep Sen | Right-handed | LA | ||||
| Arshdeep Singh | Left-handed | FC | ||||
BCCI do not regularly organise international tours of India A.[9]