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| Personnel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test captain | Ruturaj Gaikwad | |||
| One Day captain | Yash Dhull | |||
| T20I captain | Tilak Varma | |||
| Team information | ||||
| Founded | 1992 | |||
| History | ||||
| First-class debut | England A in 14-17 January 1995 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium[1][2] | |||
| Official website | bcci | |||
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The India A cricket team is a national cricket team representing second-tier cricket of India national cricket team.[3] The matches played by India A receive first-class and List A classification.[3] It is a developmental team, domestic players who are about to get picked and are in contention for national team get selected in this team or some international players who are not in national team contention also sometimes play.
The team had played in NKP Salve Challenger Trophy as India Red, Its names were changed for the 2006 version of this tournament. India A became India Red. The team has won the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy four times (2001/02, 2003/04, 2004,05, 2009/10) and shared the trophy thrice (1998/99, 2006/07, 2011/12).[citation needed] They won the Duleep Trophy in 2024
- ^ "1st 'TEST': India-A v England-A at Bangalore, 14-17 Jan 1995". ESPNcricinfo. 14 January 1995. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ India A v England A, 1st first-class match - CricketArchive
- ^ a b "India A cricket team". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 16 May 2021.