Shreyas Iyer to lead India A in multi-day matches against Australia A; KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj to play

Shreyas Iyer will lead India A in the two multi-day matches against Australia A, that will be played from September 16 in Lucknow. The second match will be played on September 23 at the same venue.

Iyer, who was not picked even among the reserves for the Asia Cup beginning Tuesday, is currently turning out for West Zone in the Duleep Trophy semi-final against Central Zone in Bengaluru.

Further, wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel has been named Iyer's deputy. Other team India players in the squad include Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Prasidh Krishna. Top order batter Abhimanyu Easwaran, who has been travelling with the Indian team, but is yet to make his debut has also been included.

Meanwhile, the BCCI said that opener KL Rahul and pacer Mohammed Siraj will join the squad for only the second match.

Karun Nair, who had suffered an injury while batting in the fifth and final Test at The Oval against England and had also missed the Maharaja Trophy (KSCA T20 tournament), has not been named in the side.

The squad includes Tamil Nadu wicketkeeper-batter N Jagadeesan, who was called up as a cover for the fifth Test in England.

Mumbai’s Tanush Kotian, who had received a maiden Test call up during the tour of Australia earlier this year, also finds a place in the India A side along with two players from Vidarbha, Harsh Dubey and Yash Thakur.

Delhi skipper Ayush Badoni received his maiden call-up, while India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has also been named in the A side.

The fast bowling line-up includes Khaleel Ahmed, Thakur and Punjab’s lanky pacer Gurnoor Brar, who has also been a regular nets bowler for the national side.

The Australian A squad includes several Test players from the country as young batters Sam Konstas, who had a fiery debut against India last season, has been named along with Nathan McSweeney for the tour.

These two batters had competed for the second opening slot for Australia during their Border-Gavaskar Trophy series win over India.

The Australian A side also includes Test players Cooper Connolly and Todd Murphy.

The two matches will be followed by three one-day matches scheduled to take place on September 30, 2025, October 03, 2025 and October 05, 2025 respectively in Kanpur.


Team India will be seen in action in the Asia Cup starting from September 9. Suryakumar Yadav will lead the team in the T20 tournament. Furthermore, India will next play a Test match against West Indies starting from October 2.

India A Squad: Shreyas Iyer (C), Abhimanyu Easwaran, N Jagadeesan (WK), Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel (VC & WK), Devdutt Padikkal, Harsh Dubey, Ayush Badoni, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Khaleel Ahmed, Manav Suthar, Yash Thakur