India A Squad Announced for Australia Series; Shreyas Iyer Appointed Captain

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India A Squad Announced for Australia Series: The Senior Selection Committee headed by Ajit Agarkar has announced the India-A team for the series to be played against Australia-A. The committee has handed over the command of the team to Shreyas Iyer who was ignored during the Asia Cup. A series of four-day matches will be played between the two teams.

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Both these matches will be played in Lucknow. The first match will be played between 16 September and 19 September. The second match will be played between 23 September and 26 September. After this series, there will be a series of ODI matches and the team for this has not been announced yet. These three matches will be played on 30 September, 3 October and 5 October.

Shreyas Iyer Appointed Captain and Dhruv Jurel Vice-Captain

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Shreyas Iyer did not get a place in Team India for the Asia Cup to be played in UAE. The selection committee was heavily criticized for this. However, at the same time, many media reports claimed that BCCI is looking at Iyer as the next captain of the ODI team and wants to prepare him for this. Probably getting the captaincy of India-A is a step taken in this sequence.

Wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel has also got a place in this team and he has been given the responsibility of vice-captain. N Jagadeesan, who batted strongly in the Duleep Trophy, has also been included in the team. Nitish Kumar Reddy and Prasidh Krishna, who were part of Team India on the England tour, have also got a place in this team.

IND-A squad against AUS-A

1. Squad: Shreyas Iyer (C)
2. Abhimanyu Easwaran
3. N Jagadeesan (WK)
4. Sai Sudharsan
5. Dhruv Jurel (VC & WK)
6. Devdutt Padikkal
7. Harsh Dubey
8. Ayush Badoni
9. Nitish Kumar Reddy
10. Tanush Kotian
11. Prasidh Krishna
12. Gurnoor Brar
13. Khaleel Ahmed
14. Manav Suthar
15. Yash Thakur

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KL Rahul and Mohammad Siraj will also join

KL Rahul and Mohammad will also join the Indian A squad before the second four-day match after the first match ends. Both will replace any two players in the previously selected squad. Let us tell you that KL and Siraj are not part of the squad selected for the Asia Cup 2025 starting on September 9.

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