The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on September 25 announced India A’s squad for the One-Day series against Australia A starting September 30 in Kanpur. Since Shreyas Iyer has taken a six-month break from red-ball cricket, he will lead the India A side in the One-Day series.
Earlier, Rajat Patidar was captain for the first game of the series as Tilak Varma will play in the T20 Asia Cup 2025 final on September 28. For the second and third game, Varma was named captain. After Iyer taking up the captaincy role, Varma has been named his deputy for the two One-Dayers.
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.
Patidar to lead Rest of India
Meanwhile, Patidar was named captain for Rest of India’s squad for Irani Cup. Ruturaj Gaikwad will be deputy for the clash against Vidarbha starting on October 1 at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur. Since the Irani Cup coincides with the One-Day series against Australia A, Patidar won't be a part of the latter.
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.