Left out of the Test scheme of issues in addition to the upcoming Asia Cup T20Is, Shreyas Iyer was on Saturday (September 6, 2025) entrusted with main the India A staff within the two unofficial four-day video games in opposition to Australia A in Lucknow.
Senior India gamers KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj shall be obtainable for the second fixture.
Iyer, not picked even among the many reserves for the Asia Cup starting Tuesday (September 9, 2025), is at present turning out for West Zone within the Duleep Trophy semifinal in opposition to Central Zone in Bengaluru.
The first unofficial Test shall be performed from September 16-19 and the second from September 23-26 on the Ekana Stadium.
Karun Nair, who had suffered an harm whereas batting within the fifth and closing Test at The Oval in opposition to England and had additionally missed the Maharaja Trophy (KSCA T20 match), has not been named within the aspect.
India wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel, who performed the fifth Test in England, has been named Iyer’s deputy.
Rahul and Siraj will be part of the squad for the second multi-day match as they are going to get high quality match observe forward of dwelling Test sequence in opposition to the West Indies and South Africa.
India’s dwelling season begins with a two-match Test sequence in opposition to the West Indies, with the primary match to be performed at Ahmedabad from October 2.
The India A squad contains Tamil Nadu wicketkeeper-batter N Jagadeesan, who was known as up as a canopy for the fifth Test in England.
Jagadeesan scored a superb 197 (352 balls, 16 fours and a couple of sixes) for South Zone of their Duleep Trophy semifinal in opposition to North Zone.
Mumbai’s Tanush Kotian, who had acquired a maiden Test name up in the course of the tour of Australia earlier this 12 months, additionally finds a spot within the India A aspect together with two gamers from Vidarbha — Harsh Dubey and Yash Thakur.
Dubey had set the file for many wickets for any bowler within the historical past of the Ranji Trophy final season when he took 69 wickets for Vidarbha of their title-winning run.
Among batters, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sai Sudharsan and Devdutt Padikkal have been named together with Delhi skipper Ayush Badoni, who acquired his maiden call-up, whereas India all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has additionally been named within the A aspect.
The quick bowling line-up contains India pacers Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Thakur and Punjab’s lanky pacer Gurnoor Brar, who has additionally been a daily nets bowler for the nationwide aspect.
Dubey, Kotian and Rajasthan’s Manav Suthar are among the many spinners.
The Australian A squad contains a number of Test gamers from the nation as younger batters Sam Konstas, who had a fiery debut in opposition to India final season, has been named together with Nathan McSweeney for the tour.
These two batters had competed for the second opening slot for Australia throughout their Border-Gavaskar Trophy sequence win over India.
The Australian A aspect additionally contains Test gamers Cooper Connolly and Todd Murphy.
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.
