{"id":17659,"date":"2026-05-21T09:22:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/21\/anukul-roy-gets-india-a-call-up-for-sri-lanka-tri-series-after-harsh-dubeys-promotion-to-senior-india-squad-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:22:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:22:03","slug":"anukul-roy-gets-india-a-call-up-for-sri-lanka-tri-series-after-harsh-dubeys-promotion-to-senior-india-squad-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=17659","title":{"rendered":"Anukul Roy gets India A call-up for Sri Lanka tri-series after Harsh Dubey\u2019s promotion to senior India squad | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131243295,imgsize-34372,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/anukul-roy.jpg\" alt=\"Anukul Roy gets India A call-up for Sri Lanka tri-series after Harsh Dubey\u2019s promotion to senior India squad\" title=\"Anukul Roy (PTI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: All-rounder Anukul Roy has been added to the India A squad for the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka after <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/harsh-dubey\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Harsh Dubey<\/a> earned his maiden senior India call-up for the home series against Afghanistan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The announcement was made by the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bcci\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">BCCI<\/a> on Thursday, with the Jharkhand and Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder drafted into the squad as Dubey moves into the senior national setup.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>\u201cThe Men\u2019s Selection Committee has added Anukul Roy to the India A squad for the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka. He replaces Harsh Dubey, who has received his maiden call-up to India\u2019s Test and ODI squads for the upcoming home series against Afghanistan,\u201d the BCCI said in a statement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The tri-series, featuring India A, Sri Lanka A and Afghanistan A, will be held in Dambulla from June 9 to June 21, 2026.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Anukul has quietly played a valuable role for KKR in IPL 2026, featuring in 13 matches and picking up eight wickets during the franchise\u2019s playoff push. While opportunities with the bat have been limited, his unbeaten 29 against Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens remains his best contribution so far this season.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Harsh Dubey\u2019s rise opens the door<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Dubey\u2019s elevation to the senior India side capped a remarkable rise for the left-arm spin-bowling all-rounder, who has impressed consistently in domestic cricket and India A assignments.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>He is one of three uncapped players selected in India\u2019s squads for the Afghanistan series, alongside left-arm spinner Manav Suthar and Punjab pacer Gurnoor Brar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>India\u2019s squad for the one-off Test against Afghanistan, scheduled in New Chandigarh from June 6-10, was announced earlier this week by chief selector Ajit Agarkar and BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>Shubman Gill was named captain, while KL Rahul replaced Rishabh Pant as vice-captain.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Updated India A squad for Sri Lanka tri-series:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"33\">\n<ul style=\"\">\n<li style=\"\">Tilak Varma (Captain), Priyansh Arya, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Riyan Parag (Vice-Captain), Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Suryansh Shedge, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Kumar Kushagra (WK), Vipraj Nigam, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Arshad Khan, Anukul Roy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/anukul-roy-gets-india-a-call-up-for-sri-lanka-tri-series-after-harsh-dubeys-promotion-to-senior-india-squad\/articleshow\/131243273.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: All-rounder Anukul Roy has been added to the India A squad for the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka after Harsh Dubey earned his maiden senior India call-up for the home series against Afghanistan.The announcement was made by the BCCI on Thursday, with the Jharkhand and Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder drafted into the squad&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}