Lucknow, June 24 -- Uncapped Uttar Pradesh spinner Zeeshan Ansari, who has been selected in India A side for the red-ball tour to Sri Lanka, said that his call-up for the tour "feels a bit like magic" for him, having last played the format in 2020.

Ansari's last first-class game came in January 2020 against Tamil Nadu. Since then, he has gained a sizeable amount of prominent performances in white-ball cricket. His exploits in the UP T20 League, 24 wickets in 12 matches of the 2024 season, earned him an Indian Premier League (IPL) deal with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). He took six wickets in 10 matches in the last year's season, his IPL debut. In the 2025-26 Vijay Hazare Trophy, he stamped his authority in the 50-over format as well, emergi...