India Captaincy Loading? Shreyas Iyer To Lead India A In One-Day Series Against Australia A | Cricket News

Shreyas Iyer was appointed as the India A captain for a three-match one-day series against Australia in Kanpur starting September 30. This could potentially set him up for a leadership role with the senior 50-over side, even though he will be absent from red-ball cricket for the next six months.

Besides Iyer, who recently informed BCCI’s chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar that he cannot handle the rigours of red-ball cricket due to a stiff back, other key players in the India A squad include Ravi Bishnoi, wicketkeeper-batter Prabhsimran Singh, big-hitting all-rounder Riyan Parag, and Ayush Badoni, among others.

Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh, currently in the UAE for the Asia Cup, will join the squad for the second and third matches on October 3 and 5.

Rajat Patidar was named captain of the Rest of India squad for the Irani Cup clash against Vidarbha starting October 1 in Nagpur.

Full Squads

India A squad for 1st one-day match: Shreyas Iyer (c), Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Riyan Parag, Ayush Badoni, Suryansh Shedge, Vipraj Nigam, Nishant Sindhu, Gurjapneet Singh, Yudhvir Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Porel (WK), Priyansh Arya, Simarjeet Singh.

India A squad for 2nd and 3rd one-day matches: Shreyas Iyer (C), Tilak Varma (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Riyan Parag, Ayush Badoni, Suryansh Shedge, Vipraj Nigam, Nishant Sindhu, Gurjapneet Singh, Yudhvir Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Porel (WK), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh.

Rest of India squad (Irani Cup): Rajat Patidar (C), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Aryan Juyal (WK), Ruturaj Gaikwad (VC), Yash Dhull, Shaikh Rasheed, Ishan Kishan (WK), Tanush Kotian, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar, Khaleel Ahmed, Akash Deep, Anshul Kamboj, Saransh Jain.