Kanitkar Appointed Head Coach of India-A

Hrishikesh Kanitkar will be the head coach of the India A team. Kanitkar will helm the Abhimanyu Easwaran-led side in the shadow tour in England, where the A team will play three games, including one against India Seniors.

Coaching Staff

• Subhodeep Ghosh (fielding coach)
• Troy Cooley (bowling coach)

Squad Details

The 18-member squad is expected to leave for England in batches on May 25 and 26.

Fixtures

• First four-day match against England Lions at Canterbury on May 30
• Second four-day match against England Lions in Northampton from June 6
• Closed door intra squad match against India Senior team from June 13 to 16

India Senior Team Update

The India Senior team will be picked in the last week of May. The team for England will leave on June 6, almost two weeks ahead of the first Test which starts in Headingley on June 20.

India 'A' Squad

• Abhimanyu Easwaran (c)
• Yashasvi Jaiswal
• Karun Nair
• Dhruv Jurel (VC) (WK)
• Nitish Kumar Reddy
• Shardul Thakur
• Ishan Kishan (wk)
• Manav Suthar
• Tanush Kotian
• Mukesh Kumar
• Akash Deep
• Harshit Rana
• Anshul Kamboj
• Khaleel Ahmed
• Ruturaj Gaikwad
• Sarfaraz Khan
• Tushar Deshpande
• Harsh Dubey