India A’s Surprising Playing 11: In today’s India A vs England Lions 2025 match, England Lions won the toss and elected to bowl first in their first unofficial Test 2025 match against the Indian team at the St Lawrence Ground in Kent. It is worth noting that India-A has formed a strong and brilliant team; however, the absence of two brilliant batsmen of the Indian team, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan in this playing XI has surprised the audience.
Why were Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan Left Out in Today’s IND-A vs EN-A Match?
India-A have selected brilliant batsmen like Abhimanyu Easwaran, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Karun Nair as top order batsmen in today’s exciting match. Due to this, despite his good batting performance, CSK’s explosive batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad was left out of the team.
On the other hand, the brilliant batsman Ishan Kishan is also not in this team, as Indian A has given preference to Dhruv Jurel for this match. Because after his brilliant performance in domestic and international red-ball matches, Dhruv Jurel managed to make a place in the Indian playing XI.
Why is Today’s Match Being Called an Unofficial Test?
Today’s unofficial test is to help the players selected for the Test series to make their red ball match great. The thing to note here is that the players who are expected to play in the England series 2025 will be put forward in this match.
India A’s Surprising Playing 11 For 1st Unofficial Test vs England Lions
1. Abhimanyu Easwaran (c)
2. Yashasvi Jaiswal
3. Karun Nair
4. Sarfaraz Khan
5. Dhruv Jurel (wk)
6. Nitish Kumar Reddy
7. Shardul Thakur
8. Harsh Dubey
9. Anshul Kamboj
10. Harshit Rana
11. Mukesh Kumar
