'You should appreciate that' - Jay Shah's take on absence of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in Duleep trophy 2024

The anticipation of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's participation in the Duleep Trophy 2024 has gone down after the release of the squads. While reports suggested that the star players would participate, it seems that wasn't true. Speaking about this matter, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah, in a media interaction, openly said that expecting senior players to play in domestic tournaments isn't fair, keeping their fitness in mind. 

Jay Shah said, "We should not insist on players like Rohit and Virat to play in the Duleep Trophy. They will risk injury. If you have noticed, in Australia and England, every international player does not play domestic cricket. We have to treat the players with respect."

Moreover, other players are participating in the tournament, and Shah has urged everybody to focus on them as well. Ishan Kishan is set to make his comeback in cricket after a long time, all eyes will be on him. Since the team for the Bangladesh tour will be picked from the performances of the Duleep Trophy, it's important for every player to perform. "Apart from them, everyone else is playing. You should appreciate that. One must note that Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are playing in the Buchi Babu tournament," added Jay Shah. 

Shubman Gill to captain Team A in Duleep Trophy 2024

The board has announced the squads for the four teams of Duleep Trophy 2024. Notably, Shubman Gill is set to captain team A, where KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and many other star players will be playing under him. Moreover, Ruturaj Gaikwad is the skipper of Team C, which has players like Suryakumar Yadav, Sai Kishore, and Abhishek Porel. 

The four squads for the first round of the tournament:

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.