Australia A cricket team in India in 2025–26

Australia A cricket team in India in 2025–26
 
  India A Australia A
Dates 16 September – 5 October 2025
Captains Shreyas Iyer[a] Nathan McSweeney (First-class)
Jack Edwards[b] (List A)
FC series
Result India A won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Sai Sudharsan (248) Josh Philippe (212)
Most wickets Gurnoor Brar (8)
Manav Suthar (8)
Corey Rocchiccioli (6)
LA series
Result India A won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Riyan Parag (187) Cooper Connolly (147)
Most wickets Nishant Sindhu (6) Tanveer Sangha (7)
Player of the series Riyan Parag (India A)

The Australia A cricket team toured India in September and October 2025 to play against India A cricket team.[1] The tour consisted of two first-class and three List A matches.[2] In May 2025, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the fixtures for the tour.[3]

Squads

India A Australia A
First-class[4] List A[5] First-class[6] List A[7]

On 24 August, Lance Morris was ruled out of the unofficial Test series due to back surgery.[8][9] He was replaced by Brody Couch.[10][11] Later, Couch was ruled out of the series due to a side strain and was replaced by Henry Thornton.[12] On 8 September, Callum Vidler was ruled out of the unofficial ODI series due to a partial stress fracture and was replaced by Henry Thornton.[13] On 11 September, Aaron Hardie was ruled out of the tour sue to a shoulder injury, and Will Sutherland was added to second unofficial Test.[14]

On 6 September, KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj were added to the second unofficial Test.[15] On 22 September, Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the second unofficial Test due to his personal reasons.[16]

First-class series

1st Unofficial Test

16–19 September 2025
Scorecard
v
532/6d (73 overs)
Josh Philippe 123* (87)
Harsh Dubey 3/141 (27 overs)
531/7d (141.4 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 150 (281)
Corey Rocchiccioli 3/159 (36.1 overs)
56/0 (16 overs)
Sam Konstas 27* (49)
Match drawn
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Anish Sahasrabudhe (Ind)
  • Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Only 54.4 overs play was possible on day 4 due to rain.[17]

2nd Unofficial Test

23–26 September 2025
Scorecard
v
420 (97.2 overs)
Jack Edwards 88 (78)
Manav Suthar 5/107 (32 overs)
194 (52.5 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 75 (140)
Henry Thornton 4/36 (10 overs)
185 (46.5 overs)
Nathan McSweeney 85* (149)
Gurnoor Brar 3/42 (9 overs)
413/5 (91.3 overs)
KL Rahul 176* (210)
Todd Murphy 3/114 (28 overs)
India A won by 5 wickets
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Keyur Kelkar (Ind) and Amit Rana (Ind)
Player of the match: KL Rahul (India A)
  • India A won the toss and elected to field.

List A series

1st Unofficial ODI

30 September – 1 October 2025
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India A
413/6 (50 overs)
v
Australia A
242 (33.1 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 110 (83)
Will Sutherland 2/73 (9 overs)
Mackenzie Harvey 68 (62)
Nishant Sindhu 4/50 (6.1 overs)
India A won by 171 runs
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Umpires: Ajitesh Argal (Ind) and Tanmay Srivastava (Ind)
Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (India A)
  • Australia A won the toss and elected to field.
  • No play was possible on 30 September due to rain.
  • Gurjapneet Singh (India A) made his List A debut.
  • Priyansh Arya (India A) scored his maiden century in List A cricket.

2nd Unofficial ODI

3 October 2025
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India A
246 (45.5 overs)
v
Australia A
160/1 (16.4 overs)
Tilak Varma 94 (122)
Jack Edwards 4/56 (8.5 overs)
Mackenzie Harvey 70* (49)
Nishant Sindhu 1/24 (2 overs)
Australia A won by 9 wickets (DLS method)
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Umpires: Ajitesh Argal (Ind) and Tanmay Srivastava (Ind)
Player of the match: Mackenzie Harvey (Australia A)
  • India A won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The second innings was reduced to 25 overs due to rain and Australia A were set a revised target of 160 runs from 25 overs.

3rd Unofficial ODI

5 October 2025
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia A
316 (49.1 overs)
v
India A
322/8 (46 overs)
Jack Edwards 89 (75)
Arshdeep Singh 3/38 (10 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 102 (68)
Todd Murphy 4/42 (10 overs)
India A won by 2 wickets
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Umpires: Ajitesh Argal (Ind) and Tanmay Srivastava (Ind)
Player of the match: Prabhsimran Singh (India A)
  • Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

  1. ^ Dhruv Jurel captained India A in the second unofficial Test.
  2. ^ Will Sutherland captained Australia A in the first unofficial ODI.
  3. ^ a b c In squad for second unofficial Test only.
  4. ^ a b c d In squad for second and third unofficial ODI only.
  5. ^ In squad for first unofficial ODI only.

References

  1. ^ "Australia & South Africa men's A India tour 2025: Full schedule". Sportstar. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  2. ^ "BCCI announces updated venues for Team India (Int'l home season) & South Africa A Tour of India". BCCI. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  3. ^ "BCCI announces fixtures for Australia Women's, Australia Men's A and South Africa Men's A team tours of India". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  4. ^ "India A squad for two multi-day matches against Australia A announced". BCCI. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  5. ^ "India A and Rest of India squads announced". BCCI. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Konstas in 'A' squad picked with eye to next BGT tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Konstas, Peake, McSweeney named in Australia A squad for India tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Morris ruled out for up to 12 months after opting for back surgery". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  9. ^ "Morris set for surgery, long stint on sidelines". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Big Bash League: Brody Couch the early frontrunner to replace injured Perth Scorchers star Lance Morris". The West Australian. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  11. ^ "Brody Couch in frame to join Australia A squad for India tour". The Chronicle. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Young gun Callum Vidler ruled out of Australia A tour of India due to partial fracture". The Tribune. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Vidler ruled out of Australia A tour of India with a partial stress fracture". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  14. ^ "Hardie ruled out of 'A' tour with shoulder injury". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  15. ^ "Shreyas Iyer to lead India A in multi-day matches against Australia A". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  16. ^ "Shreyas Iyer to miss second four-day game against Australia A". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  17. ^ "Rain the only winner as India A, Australia A share spoils". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 21 September 2025.