Black Caps all-rounder Daryl Mitchell will join his father John as a New Zealand sporting team skipper later this week.

Mitchell, 27, will lead a youthful New Zealand XI for two cricket one-dayers against an India A side stacked with 10 internationals.

His father, current England defence coach John Mitchell, captained the All Blacks in three mid-week matches on their tour of Britain in 1993, when Daryl was just two years old.

Daryl Mitchell is already one up on dad. John never played a rugby test, but Daryl made his test cricket debut for the Black Caps against England last November in his Hamilton hometown. He has also played nine T20 internationals.

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A middle order batsman and right-handed medium pacer, Mitchell will lead the New Zealand XI against India A at Lincoln's Bert Sutcliffe Oval on Friday and Sunday.

The NZ XI squad features Auckland Aces 20-year-old Finn Allen, who scored a breakthrough century for the NZ XI in their last match against England two months ago.

Experienced Central Districts Stags wicketkeeper Dane Cleaver will be behind the stumps.

India A boasts test stars Mayank Agarwal, ranked 13th in the ICC Test batting rankings, and 20-year-old Prithvi Shaw - who scored a century on debut and averages 118.5 after two Tests.

Experienced international Vijay Shankar is the leading all-rounder and there's no shortage of quality spinners with Krunal Pandya, Axar Patel and Khaleel Ahmed all having played for the Indian senior side.

India A will be captained by Shubman Gill, the Player of the Tournament at the 2018 ICC Under 19 World Cup, hosted in New Zealand.

Canterbury speedster Andrew Hazeldine earns his first call-up to the national stage and is joined in the pace department by Canterbury teammate Henry Shipley and Northern District's fast bowler Zak Gibson.

Canterbury's Jack Boyle will open the batting with Jakob Bhula while Theo van Woerkom is the specialist spinner.

Selector Gavin Larsen said the NZ XI had an exciting couple of days in store.

"It's a great opportunity for our guys, many of whom are at different stages of their careers," he said.

"India A are full of international experience and we know how tough it is to make that senior team so we're under no illusions about the challenge ahead.

"Coach John Bracewell and myself are looking forward to seeing how the players respond, and who stands up."

The NZ XI squad is selected from the three major associations no longer in contention for the Dream11 Super Smash finals, along with players who were not required by their major association in the domestic T20 competition.

Shubman Gill (c), Mayank Agarwal, Khaleel Ahmed, Rahul Chahar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), Krunal Pandya, Axar Patel, Ishan Porel, Sanju Samson, Vijay Shankar, Prithvi Shaw, Mohammed Siraj, Sandeep Warrier, Suryakumar Yadav.