Shreyas Iyer Bounces Back: Named India A Captain for Australia A Series After Asia Cup Omission

Shreyas Iyer has been named the India A captain for two multi-day matches against Australia A, set to be played from September 16 in Lucknow. Iyer’s appointment comes days after he was ignored for India’s Asia Cup squad, despite having a sensational run in the shortest format in both domestic cricket and the IPL.

Iyer will be leading the team featuring India players such as Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Prasidh Krishna and Khaleel Ahmed with Dhruve Jurel as his deputy. KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj will be added to the squad for the 2nd multi-day match and will replace two players in the squad after the 1st multi-day match.

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