– Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has earned his maiden India A call-up for the upcoming one-day tri-series in Sri Lanka, which will also feature Afghanistan. This continues the 15-year-old’s rapid rise in top-flight cricket, after the Rajasthan Royals batter became an IPL sensation last year, and was India Under-19s’ highest run-getter in the World Cup earlier this year. In the Under-19 World Cup final, he smashed 175 off 80 balls to set up India’s title win.Tilak Varma will lead the India A squad, with Riyan Parag named as his deputy. Tilak, Parag and fast bowler Anshul Kamboj are the only members in the squad who have represented the senior India side.

The squad also included the explosive opening pair of Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya. Prabhsimran is one of two wicketkeeper-batters in the India A side, with the other being Jharkhand’s Kumar Kushagra. The all-round options were Nishant Sindhu, Harsh Dubey and Suryansh Shedge, while Jammu & Kashmir pacer Yudhvir Singh is also part of the squad. Yudhvir was J&K’s third-highest wicket-taker with 21 wickets in their victorious 2025-26 Ranji Trophy campaign, after taking nine wickets at an average of 30.66 in the 50-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy. India A will face Sri Lanka A in the opening game of the tri-series on June 9. The final is scheduled for June 21.

After the tri-series, India A will also play two red-ball matches against Sri Lanka A. The squad for the first-class matches will be announced later.

India A squad for tri-series

Tilak Varma (capt), Priyansh Arya, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Riyan Parag (vice-capt), Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Harsh Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Kumar Kushagra (wk), Vipraj Nigam, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Arshad Khan