Jitesh Sharma has been named captain of the India A squad for the upcoming Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Rising Stars Asia Cup , earlier the Emerging Teams tournament, to be played in Doha from November 14 to 23. Naman Dhir has been named his deputy

The squad for the T20 tournament wears a strong look with a lot of players who have done well at the IPL over the years: Ramandeep Singh, Abishek Porel, Suyash Sharma, Ashutosh Sharma, Nehal Wadhera and Dhir, as well as Priyansh Arya and Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who made their IPL debuts in 2025. Them aside, there are the likes of Harsh Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Gurjanpreet Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak and Yudhvir Singh, all prominent performers in the Indian domestic circuit. Jitesh was the only one among them to play internationally

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