Suryakumar Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja will not play in the first round of the Duleep Trophy. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not yet announced replacements, which leaves some teams with fewer players.
Last-Minute Changes Before the Tournament
With the Duleep Trophy starting in just two days, team rosters are still changing due to injuries and late confirmations. Suryakumar Yadav, the T20I captain, was expected to play for India C against India D on September 5. However, he injured his hand while fielding in a match and will now rest at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
Suryakumar’s injury was initially thought to be minor, but it appears to be more serious. He won’t play in the Duleep Trophy’s first round as he needs to recover. This was an important opportunity for him to make a case for a Test recall, as he has not played in Test matches since last year.
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Impact on Team Squads
India C has already had to make changes due to injuries. Fast bowler Umran Malik was ruled out and replaced by Gaurav Yadav. Ravindra Jadeja’s unexpected withdrawal has left India B short of players, with only 14 available, the least of all teams.
In contrast, India A, led by Shubman Gill, has the largest squad with 16 players, while India D has 15. This imbalance in squad sizes is not new in domestic cricket, though it is uncommon.
Good News for India B
The India B team received some good news with the fitness of Nitish Kumar Reddy. He is now fit to play after recovering from a groin injury that had previously ruled him out of India’s T20I squad for Zimbabwe in July.
Revised Squads for the Duleep Trophy First Round
India A: Shubman Gill (capt), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (wk), KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat.
India B: Abhimanyu Easwaran (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Yash Dayal, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (wk)
India C: Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel (wk), B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (wk), Sandeep Warrier
India D: Shreyas Iyer (capt), 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
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