Let [Formula: see text] be a Hom–Hopf T-coalgebra over a group [Formula: see text] (i.e. a crossed Hom–Hopf [Formula: see text]-coalgebra). First, we introduce and study the left–right [Formula: see text]-Yetter–Drinfel’d category [Formula: see text] over [Formula: see text], with [Formula: see text], and construct a class of new braided T-categories. Then, we prove that a Yetter–Drinfel’d module category [Formula: see text] is a full subcategory of the center [Formula: see text] of the category of representations of [Formula: see text]. Next, we define the quasi-triangular structure of [Formula: see text] and show that the representation crossed category [Formula: see text] is quasi-braided. Finally, the Drinfel’d construction [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] is constructed, and an equivalent relation between [Formula: see text] and the representation of [Formula: see text] is given.