Karun Nair and Ishan Kishan were added to the India A squad for the upcoming tour of England. Abhimanyu Easwaran will lead the team. While Yashasvi Jaiswal has been added to the squad, Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan will join the squad ahead of their second match as well.
However, Dhruv Jurel has been appointed as the vice-captain and Nitish Kumar Reddy and Shardul Thakur were also named in the squad as well. Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad, who missed IPL 2025 due to injury, and Sarfaraz Khan were also added.
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The two matches will take place on May 30 and June 6 as well. However, India A will play two first-class matches against the England Lions at Canterbury and Northampton. The tour will finish with a match against Team India (Senior Men) as well.
Karun Nair, who scored a triple century against England in Chennai in December 2016, smashed 863 runs, which came at an average of 53.93 in Vidarbha’s Ranji Trophy-winning 2024/25 season, and he also became the fourth-highest run-getter of the tournament as well.
He also featured for Northamptonshire in the Division 1 County Championships over the last two seasons as well. In 14 innings, he scored 736 runs at an average of 56.61, including two tons and the highest score of 202*.
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However, the performances of Nair and Easwaran will be important for the Indian team management and the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee, as they look to fill the gaps in the batting order after the sudden retirements of the veteran duo Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Uncapped players like Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, Anshul Kamboj, Tushar Deshpande, and Harsh Dubey have also been included.
India A squad for England tour:
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.
