Shreyas Iyer Appointed Captain

CricDiary: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), today, named Shreyas Iyer as captain of the India A squad for the four-day games against Australia A. The right-handed batter’s appointment comes shortly after he was left out of India’s Asia Cup 2025 squad, even after having a superb Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season, scoring over 600 runs at a strike rate of 175. Iyer led Punjab Kings to their first final in 11 years.

This leadership role for Iyer is being seen as a positive step toward his potential return to Test cricket. He hasn’t featured in the Test team since early 2024 and selectors may now consider this series a platform for his re-entry, provided he plays well.

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The first of the two games will begin on 16 September in Lucknow. It’ll be followed by the second game starting on 23 September at the same venue. KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj are set to join the squad for the second match.

India A squad: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran, N Jagadeesan (wicketkeeper), Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel (vice-captain) Devdutt Padikkal, Harsh Dubey, Ayush Badoni, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Khaleel Ahmed, Manav Suthar, Yash Thakur

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