BCCI announces India A squad led by Yash Dhull for Emerging Asia Cup 2023; Sai Sudharsan rewarded for T20 form, Riyan Parag makes the cut too

Mumbai Indians (MI) batter Nehal Wadhera is one of three players in standby list. Wadhera had scored 241 runs from 14 matches in his debut IPL season at an average of 26.78 including two half-centuries.
 

India A have been placed in Group B with Nepal A, UAE A and Pakistan A. India A will begin their Asia Cup campaign against UAE A on July 13. Then India A will take on Pakistan A on July 15. Their last group stage encounter is against Nepal A on July 18. The two semi-finals will be played on July 21 whereas the final will take place on July 23.
 

Pakistan are the reigning champions of Emerging Asia Cup. They beat Bangladesh in the final of 2019 edition. India won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2013 by beating Pakistan. The next two editions in 2017 and 2018 were won by Sri Lanka.
 

India A squad: Sai Sudharsan, Abhishek Sharma (VC), Nikin Jose, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Yash Dhull (C), Riyan Parag, Nishant Sindhu, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Manav Suthar, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Harshit Rana, Akash Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rajvardhan Hangargekar
 

Standby list of players: Harsh Dubey, Nehal Wadhera, Snell Patel, Mohit Redkar
 

Coaching Staff: Sitanshu Kotak (Head Coach), Sairaj Bahutule (Bowling Coach), Munish Bali (Fielding Coach)
 

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