Washington, who was recently part of the India T20I team that won the gold medal in the Asian Games, could instead play in Tamil Nadu’s 2026-27 Ranji Trophy opener against Rajasthan, if picked.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, who was part of India’s ODI squad against West Indies, will captain India A, with Devdutt Padikkal named his deputy. Padikkal had made his India A captaincy debut during the preceding red-ball series.
Edwards had left the Australia A squad last month to join the senior team in South Africa, where he also made his ODI debut. Hardie, meanwhile, has been ruled out of the series with a minor knee complaint.
The first one-dayer on October 6 will be a day-night game, starting at 2pm local time, while the second and third matches on October 9 and October 11 will be day games starting at 9am.
India A squad
Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), Devdutt Padikkal (vice-capt), Priyansh Arya, Kumar Kushagra (wk), Rajat Patidar, Prabhsimran Singh, B Sai Sudharsan, Anukul Roy, Arshin Kulkarni, Nishant Sindhu, Suryansh Shedge, Arshad Khan, Gurjapneet Singh, Vipraj Nigam, Yash Thakur
Australia A squad
Mahli Beardman, Nikhil Chaudhary, Ben Dwarshuis, Spencer Johnson, Sam Konstas, Nathan McSweeney, Riley Meredith, Todd Murphy, Mitch Owen, Josh Philippe (wk), Tanveer Sangha, Liam Scott, Lachlan Shaw, Will Sutherland