Shreyas Iyer, who was left out of India's Asia Cup squad, will be leading India A in the upcoming two multi-day matches against Australia A, the BCCI announced. Recently, the selection committee headed by Ajit Agarkar came under a lot of fire for keeping Shreyas out of the Asia Cup squad despite his phenomenal form in the IPL. In the premier T20 tournament, Shreyas scored more than 600 runs at a strike rate of 175 as he led Punjab Kings to their first IPL final in 11 years.
Shreyas has also been out of the Indian Test team since 2024. His leading India A in the upcoming two games against Australia A will augur well for his chances in the upcoming home series against the WestIndies and South Africa. If Shreyas goes on to perform well in the India A games, then he might well be named in the Test squad, as Sai Sudharsan and Karun Nair failed to grab their chances in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England.
The series between India A and Australia A will begin on September 16. The second unofficial Test will be played from September 23. Both matches will be played in Lucknow. Both teams will also face each other in three ODIs. However, the squad for these games is yet to be announced.
KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj will be added to the India A squad for the second match against Australia A. The duo will replace two players in the squad. However, further details have been kept under wraps by the BCCI.
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