After drawing the first unofficial ‘Test match’, India A will play England Lions twice more in the same series, at Ahmedabad. Here is the India A squad for the second and third England Lions ‘Tests’.
Subscribe to the Wisden Cricket YouTube channel for post-match analysis, player interviews, and much more.
The England Lions batted at breakneck pace in the first ‘Test’, scoring 553-8 at 4.68 an over and 163-6 at 5.52. Keaton Jennings followed his 188-ball 154 with a 65-ball 64, while captain Josh Bohannon made 125 in the first innings.
Rajat Patidar slammed a 158-ball 151 in India A’s first innings of 227 as Matthew Potts claimed 4-30 and Matthew Fisher 4-65. Despite the 326-run lead, however, the Lions did not enforce the follow-on.
Instead, he set India A 490 in a day and a half. Potts (2-45) reduced them to 6-2 before Sai Sudharsan (97) added 87 with Sarfaraz Khan (55), 65 with Pradosh Ranjan Paul (43), and 61 with Manav Suthar.
Callum Parkinson (3-182) gave the Lions a chance after India A were 219-5, but Suthar (89 not out) and KS Bharat (116 not out) added an unbroken 207. When stumps were drawn, India A needed 64 with five wickets in hand.
Abhimanyu Easwaran will lead India in their next two matches. They will not have their wicketkeepers, Bharat and Dhruv Jurel, both of whom have been summoned to the Test squad. Upendra Yadav of Railways and Kumar Kushagra of Jharkhand have replaced them.
Other inclusions are Arshdeep Singh of Punjab, Tilak Varma of Hyderabad, Washington Sundar of Tamil Nadu, and Rinku Singh of Uttar Pradesh. All four were part of the Indian T20I squad for their home series against Afghanistan.
England Lions have retained their 15-member squad.
India A vs England Lions 2024 squad: Full team lists for 2nd and 3rd Tests
India A (2nd Test): Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Upendra Yadav (wk), Kumar Kushagra (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Tilak Varma, Saurabh Kumar, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Vidwath Kaverappa, Yash Dayal, Rinku Singh
India A (3rd Test): Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Upendra Yadav (wk), Kumar Kushagra (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Shams Mulani, Arshdeep Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Vidwath Kaverappa, Yash Dayal
England Lions: Josh Bohannon (c), Kasey Aldridge, Brydon Carse, Jack Carson, James Coles, Matt Fisher, Keaton Jennings, Tom Lawes, Alex Lees, Dan Mousley, Callum Parkinson, Matt Potts, Ollie Price, James Rew, Ollie Robinson
