Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s names were missing from the team squads for the first round of the Duleep Trophy, 2024-25. The Duleep Trophy, which marks the beginning of red-ball cricket in the domestic season, while Rishabh Pant will be making his return to red-ball cricket for the first time after his recovering from the car accident in 2022.
The revamped red-ball competition starts on September 5 in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, and M Chinnaswamy stadium, Bengaluru. The tournament will feature four teams – India A, India B, India C, and India D with Shubman Gill, Abhimanyu Eswaran, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shreyas Iyer named captains for the respective teams.
The four squads for the first round of the tournament are as below: –
Team A: Shubman Gill (C), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat.
Team B: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant, Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy*, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd Siraj, Yash Dayal, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (WK).
Team C: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Umran Malik, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (WK), Sandeep Warrier.
Team D: Shreyas lyer (C), Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ishan Kishan (WK), Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (WK), Saurabh Kumar.
The players who will be selected to represent India for the home Test series against Bangladesh will be replaced in the Duleep Trophy. Nitish Kumar Reddy’s participation in the Duleep Trophy is subject to fitness. It will be played in a round-robin format and the team finishing at the top of the standings after three rounds will win the competition.
Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel, both of whom played vital role in India’s home series win against England are also in the mix. Keepers Aryan Juyal and Abhishek Porel are also part of the various squads.
Suryakumar is part of Team C, led by Ruturaj Gaikwad, which also has two exciting young pacers — Anshul Khamboj and Himanshu Chauhan, who would be under the scanner of the selectors following their exploits last season.
Mohammed Siraj and Jadeja will turn up for Team B which also comprises Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Washington Sundar, while Shubman Gill will captain Team A, which consists of Kuldeep, KL Rahul, Shivam Dube and Riyan Parag among others.
Apart from Parag, Goalpara-born Akash Sengupta is the other cricketer from Assam to feature in the tournament. He is part of Team D, which will be led by Shreyas lyer with Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, and Arshdeep Singh as other teammates.
Pace sensation Mayank Yadav, who is recovering from a lower abdominal injury, is yet to regain fitness and will miss the event. Nitish Kumar Reddy’s participation is also subject to fitness.
(With PTI Inputs)
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