The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has revealed the squads for the upcoming Duleep Trophy 2024-25, which can kick off on September 5. The event, a cornerstone of India’s home red-ball season, might be held throughout two venues: Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh and M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Notable absences and key gamers
The Duleep Trophy, which marks the beginning of India’s home red-ball season, will characteristic a mixture of skilled worldwide stars and rising expertise. Whereas distinguished figures like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma aren’t a part of the preliminary squads, a number of key gamers are set to take part, together with Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja and Shreyas Iyer. Notably, gamers chosen for the upcoming Check sequence in opposition to Bangladesh might be changed within the Duleep Trophy squads. Moreover, Nitish Kumar Reddy‘s involvement is topic to health concerns.
“The Males’s Choice Committee introduced the squads for the primary spherical of the Duleep Trophy, 2024-25. This event marks the start of the red-ball cricket season and options a mixture of prime worldwide gamers and rising expertise. The motion will begin on September 5, 2024, in Anantapur and at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The athletes who might be chosen to signify India for the house Check sequence in opposition to Bangladesh might be changed within the Duleep Trophy. Nitish Kumar Reddy’s participation within the Duleep Trophy is topic to health,” the BCCI acknowledged in a an announcement shared on X.
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Duleep Trophy 2024-25 squads:
- Crew 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.
- Crew 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).
- Crew 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.
- Crew 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.
