The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the India A squad for the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka on Thursday, May 14. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is set to feature for India A for the first time after his impressive performances in the IPL 2026.
Tilak Varma remains India A captain in 50-over cricket, and Riyan Parag is named as his deputy. The squad also features PBKS openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, who have been a dominant force in IPL 2026.
Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Abhishek Sharma, who were part of the India A squad of the
South Africa's tour of India in November last year has been left out. Ruturaj is expected to keep his place in India's senior ODI squad for the Afghanistan series next month, and Abhishek is likely to be part of India's T20I squad for the Ireland tour starting on June 26.
As expected, the majority of the India A squad features IPL 2026 performers. Anshul Kamboj and Arshad Khan are included in the place of the injured Harshit Rana and Khaleel Ahmed, while SRH spin all-rounder Harsh Dubey has replaced GT's Manav Suthar.
Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, and Vipraj Nigam have managed to keep their place and are expected to partner with Dubey on Dambulla's spin-friendly wicket.
India A squad for tri-series:
Tilak Varma (Captain), Riyan Parag (Vice-Captain), Priyansh Arya, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Harsh Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Kumar Kushagra (WK), Vipraj Nigam, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Arshad Khan.
India A is scheduled to play Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in the one-day tri-series in Dambulla starting on June 9.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma among 7 players dropped from India A squad
India A last played a one-day cricket match in November 2025, when they defeated South Africa A 2-1 in a three-match series in Rajkot. Tilak Varma led the strong side, featuring Ruturaj Gaikwad as his deputy and Abhishek Sharma as a first-choice opener.
Abhishek and Tilak failed to impress, but Gaikwad clinched the Player of the Series award, scoring 210 runs in three innings. He was later promoted to India's ODI squad for the South Africa series in December and he proved his potential with his maiden century in Raipur.
The Men in Blues are scheduled to face Afghanistan in a three-match ODI series starting June 14, and Gaikwad is likely to keep his place. Meanwhile, Abhishek Sharma is expected to feature in India's T20I squad for the T20I series against Ireland starting in late June.
Among the other players dropped from the India A squad are Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Kishan, Manav Suthar, Prasidh Krishna and Khaleel Ahmed. Both Arshdeep and Prasidh are tipped to make the ODI squad for the Afghanistan series, and Ishan is likely to be part of the T20I setup.
