# India A cricket team

The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing second-tier cricket of India national cricket team. 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). They won the Duleep Trophy in 2024

## Current squad

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

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Shitanshu Kotak |
| Batting coach | Shitanshu Kotak |
| 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

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within India
Key :
* Champions
* Runners-up
* Semi-finals

### ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup

ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR |
| 2013 | Champions | 1/8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Group Stage | 5/8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Runners-up | 2/8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Semi-finals | 4/8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Runners-up | 2/8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Semi-finals | 3/8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 Title | - | 28 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 |

## Honours
### ACC

* ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup:
** Champions (1): 2013
** Runners-up (2): 2018, 2023

### Domestic

* Deodhar Trophy:
** Champions (1): 2015-16