Tilak Varma will captain India A at the Men's Rising Stars Asia Cup in Doha, with Rajat Patidar named as his deputy.

The selectors named the 15-member squad on 2 November. The tournament runs in Qatar from 19 to 29 November.

Tilak is already India's Twenty20 international vice-captain. Patidar has won the Indian Premier League twice as a captain.

The squad includes Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Rinku Singh, with Prabhsimran Singh and Kumar Kushagra as the two wicketkeepers.

Harshit Rana is in after recovering from a rectus femoris strain he picked up at the BCCI Centre of Excellence on 7 September.

Only Sooryavanshi, Suryansh Shedge and Harsh Dubey return from the 2025 squad. Last year's captain Jitesh Sharma and deputy Naman Dhir are out.

India A are in Group B with the UAE, Nepal and Pakistan A. They open against Nepal on 20 November.

They play Pakistan A on 22 November and the UAE on 24 November. The semi-finals are on 26 and 27 November, with the final on 29 November.

The players will miss a large part of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for their states while they are in Doha.

See the full India A squad and fixtures in our complete report on Trends News Stories.