Tilak Varma to captain India A at Rising Stars Asia Cup in Doha

Tilak Varma will lead India A at the ACC Men’s Rising Stars Asia Cup in Doha, Qatar, from 19 to 29 November, with Rajat Patidar named vice-captain. The BCCI Men’s Selection Committee announced a 15-member squad that also includes Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Rinku Singh.

India A open against Nepal on 20 November, play Pakistan A on 22 November and finish the group stage against UAE on 24 November.

The squad

Prabhsimran Singh and Kumar Kushagra are the wicketkeeper-batters. The all-rounders are Suryansh Shedge, Shahbaz Ahmed, Vipraj Nigam, Harsh Dubey and Tanush Kotian, while Harshit Rana, Prince Yadav and Arshad Khan are the fast bowlers.

The full squad: Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Tilak Varma (captain), Rajat Patidar (vice-captain), Rinku Singh, Kumar Kushagra (wk), Suryansh Shedge, Shahbaz Ahmed, Vipraj Nigam, Harsh Dubey, Tanush Kotian, Harshit Rana, Prince Yadav and Arshad Khan.

India A’s recent run

India A last played in the drawn first-class match against New Zealand A that began on 24 October, scoring 113 and 516 against 317 and 187/9. Before that they lost an ODI series to Australia A: they were beaten by 125 runs and 69 runs, then won the third ODI by 49 runs.

The third Test against New Zealand A is next, on Sunday, 8 November at 3:00 AM IST. The first T20I against Nepal follows on Wednesday, 9 December at 9:45 AM IST.