Duleep Trophy 2024: Top players out due to illness, Ravindra Jadeja released for unspecified reason

Duleep Trophy 2024 was expected to feature many international stars. Ahead of the squad announcement, there were reports that batting stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma would be participating in the tournament. However, these turned out to be mere rumours, and now the latest update suggests that a few other big names will not be available for the domestic red-ball tournament. 

Fast bowlers Mohammed Siraj and Umran Malik are confirmed to have been released from their respective squads due to illness. The two right-arm pacers will miss the first round of the upcoming Duleep Trophy edition. Meanwhile, veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was also left out of the India B squad for an unspecified reason. 

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selection committee have also announced the replacements. While Navdeep Saini replaces Siraj in the India B squad, Madhya Pradesh pacer Gaurav Yadav comes in for Malik in the India C squad. No replacements were named for Jadeja.  

Unlike previous zonal squads, the tournament will feature four teams namely India A, India B, India C and India D. The Duleep Trophy, which will mark the beginning of India’s red-ball season, is set to commence on September 5 in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh and M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

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Here are the updated squads for first round of Duleep Trophy

India A: Shubman Gill (C), 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 (C), 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 (C), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (WK), Sandeep Warrier.

India 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.