TheIndia A cricket team is a nationalcricket team representing second-tier cricket ofIndia national cricket team.[3] The matches played by India A receivefirst-class andList A classification.[3] It is a developmental team, domestic players who are about to get picked and are in contention for national team get selected in this team or some international players who are not in national team contention also sometimes play.
The team had played inNKP Salve Challenger Trophy asIndia Red, Its names were changed for the 2006 version of this tournament. India A became India Red. The team has won the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy four times (2001/02, 2003/04, 2004,05, 2009/10) and shared the trophy thrice (1998/99, 2006/07, 2011/12).[4][5][6] They won the Duleep Trophy in 2024.
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