{"id":32374,"date":"2026-05-21T12:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/05\/21\/ipl-2026-kkrs-anukul-roy-joins-india-a-squad-for-sri-lanka-tri-series-steps-in-for-harsh-dubey\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:37:09","slug":"ipl-2026-kkrs-anukul-roy-joins-india-a-squad-for-sri-lanka-tri-series-steps-in-for-harsh-dubey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/05\/21\/ipl-2026-kkrs-anukul-roy-joins-india-a-squad-for-sri-lanka-tri-series-steps-in-for-harsh-dubey\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: KKR&#8217;s Anukul Roy Joins India A Squad for Sri Lanka Tri-Series, Steps in for Harsh Dubey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anukul Roy Joins India A Squad for Sri Lanka Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Anukul Roy has been named in the India A squad for the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka. Anukul takes the place of Harsh Dubey, who has received his first call-up to India&#8217;s Test and ODI teams for the home series against Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The tri-series, featuring India A, Sri Lanka A, and Afghanistan A, will be held in Dambulla from June 9 to June 21, 2026. Anukul has been a key player for KKR this season, contributing significantly to the team&#8217;s push for a playoff spot.<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced, &#8220;The Men&#8217;s 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 first call-up to India&#8217;s Test and ODI squads for the series against Afghanistan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tilak Varma will captain the team, with Riyan Parag serving as vice-captain. A lot of attention will be on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who aims to impress selectors as he seeks a spot on the senior team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated India A Squad for the Tri-Series:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tilak Varma (Captain)<\/li>\n<li>Priyansh Arya<\/li>\n<li>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi<\/li>\n<li>Riyan Parag (Vice-Captain)<\/li>\n<li>Ayush Badoni<\/li>\n<li>Nishant Sindhu<\/li>\n<li>Suryansh Shedge<\/li>\n<li>Prabhsimran Singh (Wicketkeeper)<\/li>\n<li>Kumar Kushagra (Wicketkeeper)<\/li>\n<li>Vipraj Nigam<\/li>\n<li>Yash Thakur<\/li>\n<li>Yudhvir Singh<\/li>\n<li>Anshul Kamboj<\/li>\n<li>Arshad Khan<\/li>\n<li>Anukul Roy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Anukul&#8217;s Performance in IPL 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anukul had an impressive season in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with Jharkhand, earning the title of Player of the Tournament. This season of IPL 2026 marks Anukul&#8217;s first opportunity to secure a steady spot in the KKR lineup, where he has taken eight wickets in 13 matches. He has played a vital role as one of the spinners for Kolkata, alongside Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ends &#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anukul Roy Joins India A Squad for Sri Lanka Tour Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Anukul Roy has been named in the India A squad for the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka. Anukul takes the place of Harsh Dubey, who has received his first call-up to India&#8217;s Test and ODI teams for the home series against<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[12344,42447,13675,24445,42448,1910,35770],"class_list":["post-32374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-anukul-roy","tag-anukul-roy-india-a-call-up","tag-harsh-dubey","tag-india-a-squad","tag-india-a-squad-for-sri-lanka-series","tag-tilak-varma","tag-vaibhav-sooryavanshi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}