Anantapur. Star players who are out of the Indian cricket team are getting a chance to prove themselves in the Duleep Trophy. Wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan took full advantage of the opportunity and scored a century in the first match itself. Players like Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag and Rinku Singh will play in the final round of the Duleep Trophy cricket tournament starting on Thursday.
There will be no knockout matches in this tournament being played at the beginning of the season. The team scoring the most points will be the winner. Currently, India C is at the top of the points table with nine points from two matches. It is followed by India B (07), India A (06) and India D (00). The India C team led by Ruturaj Gaikwad will face the India A team captained by Mayank Agarwal in the final round match. The India B team led by Abhimanyu Easwaran will take on India D, captained by Shreyas Iyer.
Iyer, who was ignored for the Test series against Bangladesh, will have to prove himself. So far, he has not been able to lead from the front in the competition. His team has not even opened its account yet and in such a situation, Iyer’s responsibility increases a lot. The selectors will also keep an eye on the performance of India D batsman Sanju Samson and fast bowler Arshdeep Singh. Rinku Singh, who is included in the India B team, could not perform well in the previous matches and his aim will be to play a big innings here.
As far as the match between India A and India C is concerned, big innings are expected from Agarwal, Parag and Sai Sudarshan. Parag has batted with confidence so far but he needs to spend more time at the crease. Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna, who has returned after recovering from injury, will focus on bowling more overs while Shams Mulani would like to give another match-winning performance. Ishan Kishan made a memorable comeback by scoring a century for India C. He will have to continue such performances to attract the attention of the selectors.
The teams are as follows:
India A Team: Mayank Agarwal (captain), Riyan Parag, Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Khalil Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat, Pratham Singh, Akshay Wadkar, SK Rashid, Shams Mulani, Aaqib Khan.
India B Team: Abhimanyu Easwaran (captain), Mushir Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (wicketkeeper), Suyash Prabhudesai, Rinku Singh, Himanshu Mantri.
India C Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Rajat Patidar, Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan, B Indrajit, Rithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vishak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (wicketkeeper), Sandeep Warrier.
India D Squad: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Atharva Tayde, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Saurabh Kumar, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Nishant Sindhu, Vidawath Kaverappa.
Tags: Duleep Trophy, ishan kishan, sanju samson, shreyas iyer
FIRST PUBLISHED : September 18, 2024, 14:26 IST