India A squad to tour SL (tri series with Afg A)

[vishalvirsingh]

9 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

I would've wanted Sai and Padikkal instead of Arya and Badoni. And probably a couple of pace all-rounders in Nitish, Madhav Tiwari alongside Nabi. We need to find players for ODI WC and Arya & Badoni aren't going to be there.

sai and nitish would be in the india test squad.

[Ultimate_Game]

6 hours ago, vishalvirsingh said:

sai and nitish would be in the india test squad.

 

IMO Nitish should be in the ODI squad. Hasn't impressed in Tests. Then in place of Sai, to replace Badoni, they should've gone with Padikkal. Padikkal averages 81 in List A cricket from 42 matches with 13 100s! The guy's a beast in List A and you want to give him chances instead of Badoni when you know Badoni simply isn't good enough at this level.

[Ultimate_Game]

On 5/14/2026 at 7:57 AM, Sooda said:

Starts on June 9, there's a few glaring omissions (Prince, Bishnoi, Devdutt, Jurel, NKR, even Auqib imo) who should be in the ODI team Vs Afghanistan you would think 

 

That aside It's a good squad. 

 

I have serious doubts about Tilak as ODI bat, he gets bogged down but this is another chance to show what he can do

 

https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2026/news/55556340/india-a-squad-for-tri-series-in-sri-lanka-announced

 

India A squad for the tri-series: Tilak Varma (Captain), Priyansh Arya, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Riyan Parag (Vice-Captain), Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Harsh Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Kumar Kushagra (WK), Vipraj Nigam, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Arshad Khan.

 

Padikkal should've been selected ahead of Badoni and Arya even if they wanted to go with Tilak. Let both Tilak and Padikkal play and see the difference.

[Lone Wolf]

10 hours ago, tapandrun said:

Nigam is a good pick, he is leg-spinner who can bat, there are not many legspinners in Ind and some1 who can bat is just-1, think he was the top wkt-taking spinner in smat or vht (one of those).

 

Legspinners takes time to develop and be able to control line and legth, bishnoi till now bowls rubbish, chahal till now can not bowl to big hitting batter go after him. He has not developed a potent googly and bishnoi can not even bowl leg-spin.

Nigam is a trash pick... And completely unjustified as he has been poor in IPL and India A both.

 

Cannot pick a bits and pieces guy to tour SL as a premier leg spinner.

This level of poverty in spin for no reason is unheard of in Indian cricket.

 

[tapandrun]

9 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Nigam is a trash pick... And completely unjustified as he has been poor in IPL and India A both.

 

Cannot pick a bits and pieces guy to tour SL as a premier leg spinner.

This level of poverty in spin for no reason is unheard of in Indian cricket.

 

Leg/wrist spinner takes time to develop, any1 can have bad ipl . There are nt many options in Ind. There are just 4/5 wrist spinner and he is the only 1 who can bat --Shivang/Vipraj/puthur/Ansari these are only wrist spinner and only vipraj and Ansari are playing full domestic season. 

 

Ind intnl like kuldeep/bishnoi also goo for run and bowl rubish season after season , even chahal can not do much once batters start hitting him. 

Have to develop wrist spinner ,else all you get will be las darters 

[Lone Wolf]

4 minutes ago, tapandrun said:

Leg/wrist spinner takes time to develop, any1 can have bad ipl . There are nt many options in Ind. There are just 4/5 wrist spinner and he is the only 1 who can bat --Shivang/Vipraj/puthur/Ansari these are only wrist spinner and only vipraj and Ansari are playing full domestic season. 

 

Ind intnl like kuldeep/bishnoi also goo for run and bowl rubish season after season , even chahal can not do much once batters start hitting him. 

Have to develop wrist spinner ,else all you get will be las darters 

2 bad IPL and India A are enough sample size .. and It's not like he is setting domestic scene on fire.  Skill set is limited and no control on length.

 

I'd even pick RR's Yash Raj  6"5 leggie and develop the 19 yo youngster.  Dude has already eclipsed Bishnoi for his franchise.

But I am convinced these selectors have no idea about potential picks.

Even Shivang Kumar who could slog down the order had a better shout than Vipraj.

[tapandrun]

6 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

2 bad IPL and India A are enough sample size .. and It's not like he is setting domestic scene on fire.  Skill set is limited and no control on length.

 

I'd even pick RR's Yash Raj  6"5 leggie and develop the 19 yo youngster.  Dude has already eclipsed Bishnoi for his franchise.

But I am convinced these selectors have no idea about potential picks.

Even Shivang Kumar who could slog down the order had a better shout than Vipraj.

 

yes, both yash and shivang has some potential and should be developed but they have not played anything , only few domestic leagues games and IPL.

 

the thumb rule for Ind selection (which is right too) is some1 new to ipl without much domestic exp. has two play atleast 2 seasons of IPL and in between those 2 season 1 full season of domestic to be eligible for Ind A/ Ind cap.Imo the only exception in this rule can only be made for express or near express bowlers <-- ppl can disagree with this too asking for more fc exp and more over under the belt. 

 

[cowboysfan]

not sure Vaibhav is ready for ODIs,he should have been eased into International cricket with T20s.

[express bowling]

I am hoping Gurnoor will be in test squad and hence ignored.

 

Will Ashok be in the ODI squad ?  Otherwise not picking him is ridiculous.

 

And Kartik Tyagi should definitely have been there in India A in the absence of any other quick pacer.

 

Very poor pace attack. 

Edited May 17 by express bowling

[Lone Wolf]

11 hours ago, express bowling said:

I am hoping Gurnoor will be in test squad and hence ignored.

 

Will Ashok be in the test squad too ?  Otherwise not picking him is ridiculous.

 

And Kartik Tyagi should definitely have been there in the absence of any other quick pacer.

 

Very poor pace attack. 

As per NDTV Gurnoor is set to be picked for the test.. Bumrah rested @Suhaan @Mosher

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/indias-squad-for-afghanistan-test-and-odis-ajit-agarkar-set-to-rest-massive-star-shubman-gill-to-lead-11495034

 

[Mosher]

8 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

As per NDTV Gurnoor is set to be picked for the test.. Bumrah rested @Suhaan @Mosher

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/indias-squad-for-afghanistan-test-and-odis-ajit-agarkar-set-to-rest-massive-star-shubman-gill-to-lead-11495034

 

Hope this news turns out to be true.

[Suhaan]

33 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

As per NDTV Gurnoor is set to be picked for the test.. Bumrah rested @Suhaan @Mosher

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/indias-squad-for-afghanistan-test-and-odis-ajit-agarkar-set-to-rest-massive-star-shubman-gill-to-lead-11495034

 

Apki jubaa kesari ho

Ke dua qubul meri ho

[express bowling]

21 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

As per NDTV Gurnoor is set to be picked for the test.. Bumrah rested @Suhaan @Mosher

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/indias-squad-for-afghanistan-test-and-odis-ajit-agarkar-set-to-rest-massive-star-shubman-gill-to-lead-11495034

 

 

21 hours ago, Mosher said:

Hope this news turns out to be true.

 

And hope Ashok Sharma will be in the ODI squad vs Afghanistan. 

Edited May 17 by express bowling

[Suhaan]

39 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

 

And hope Ashok Sharma and Tyagi will be in the ODI squad vs Afghanistan. 

This is outta world expectation from selectors

[express bowling]

27 minutes ago, Suhaan said:

This is outta world expectation from selectors

 

One of them will get a chance. And Prince.

[Lone Wolf]

1 hour ago, express bowling said:

 

 

And hope Ashok Sharma and Tyagi will be in the ODI squad vs Afghanistan. 

Yeh nahi hoga I think they will select Prasidh Siraj Arshdeep and maybe Prince Yadav or even Kamboj who knows.

 

I wish Tyagi gets selected though.  He has been so impressive for KKR.

 

Harshit is injured so there is a opening for that 1 spot.

Ashok ka koi chance nahi hai ab

[express bowling]

18 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

Yeh nahi hoga I think they will select Prasidh Siraj Arshdeep and maybe Prince Yadav or even Kamboj who knows.

 

 

It can't be Kamboj. 

 

He will be in SL playing for India A.

 

Wont be surprised if Siraj is rested after a gruelling IPL and a test match.

 

ODI pacers are likely to be

 

Prasidh 

Arshdeep 

Ashok / Tyagi

Prince

 

 

18 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

 

I wish Tyagi gets selected though.  He has been so impressive for KKR.

 

Agree.

 

18 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

Harshit is injured so there is a opening for that 1 spot.

Ashok ka koi chance nahi hai ab

 

Ashok maybe injured.

 

If fit and not to be considered for ODIs vs Afghanistan then he would have made India A.

Edited May 17 by express bowling

[Sooda]

On 5/15/2026 at 1:57 PM, Ultimate_Game said:

 

IMO Nitish should be in the ODI squad. Hasn't impressed in Tests. Then in place of Sai, to replace Badoni, they should've gone with Padikkal. Padikkal averages 81 in List A cricket from 42 matches with 13 100s! The guy's a beast in List A and you want to give him chances instead of Badoni when you know Badoni simply isn't good enough at this level.

 

But Paddikal is likely to be in test and ODI Vs Afghanistan..  and anyway he is a no 3, Ayush is a middle order who can bowl that element alone gives him an advantage over others. Also he isn't that bad, did well Vs Aus A from memory 

[Sooda]

On 5/15/2026 at 2:44 PM, Lone Wolf said:

Nigam is a trash pick... And completely unjustified as he has been poor in IPL and India A both.

 

Cannot pick a bits and pieces guy to tour SL as a premier leg spinner.

This level of poverty in spin for no reason is unheard of in Indian cricket.

 

 

I'm not sure he's that bad. Yes he has been poor this year in IPL after a good season last year but good season last, his batting adds value and depth.

 

I would prefer Bishnoi as a "premier" A team leggie, can only imagine Bishnoi is in the running of the ODI squad Vs Afghanistan? But Vipraj he's only 21 this will be good experience 

[express bowling]

My preference 

 

Tests vs Afghanistan. .... Gurnoor Brar,  Siraj, Prasidh .... rest Bumrah 

 

ODIs vs Afghanistan .. Ashok Sharma, Arshdeep, Prince Yadav ....  rest Siraj, Bumrah, Prasidh 

 

India A 50 over squad .. Tyagi, Mayank, Yash Thakur,  Gurjapneet, Mukesh Chaudhary.  [  But this has been already picked  ]