Shreyas Iyer will lead a 15-member India A side against Australia A in two multi-day matches later this month in Lucknow. Nitish Kumar Reddy , who suffered a knee injury on the recent England tour, has also been included.

Dhruv Jurel is the vice-captain, with KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj coming in only for the second match. The BCCI release did not specify which two players they would replace, though. Prasidh Krishna, Sai Sudharsan and Abhimanyu Easwaran - all part of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, which India drew 2-2 in August - have also been named in the squad. N Jagadeesan, who was also called to England for the final Test, also makes it.

For Iyer, this is an opportunity to present his case for a return to Test cricket. His last red-ball outing for India was in February 202

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