The 2024-25 Domestic season is set to kick off today with prestigious Duleep Trophy

Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, and Prasidh Krishna to miss first round of Duleep Trophy

Best of luck to all the players selected to play: Jay Shah

Khel Today Bureau

Mumbai: The 2024-25 Domestic season is set to kick off on Thursday with the prestigious Duleep Trophy. Some of the star players will miss the first round matches.

Jay Shah. 

Bcci Secretary Jay Shah wrote on X “It’s an exciting start as four teams, featuring some of the finest longer format cricketers in the country will go head to head.With a packed red ball calendar ahead for Team India, this tournament is an essential platform for preparation and seizing opportunities.There’s something special about red ball cricket the purest form of the game and it’s great to see the season starting on this strong note.Best of luck to all the players selected. Looking forward to witnessing some outstanding performances in the days to come”.

According to a release from BCCI, Wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan has been ruled out of the first round of the Duleep Trophy due to a groin injury sustained during the ongoing All-India Buchi Babu Tournament. The BCCI Medical Team is closely monitoring his condition and working towards ensuring a swift recovery.

The Men’s Selection Committee has named Sanju Samson as Kishan’s replacement in the India D squad.

Batter Suryakumar Yadav will also be unavailable for the first round of the Duleep Trophy after suffering a sprain to his right thumb while fielding in the All-India Buchi Babu Tournament. The BCCI Medical Team is continuing to assess his injury, and a further evaluation next week will determine his availability for the second round.

Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna is nearing completion of his rehab following surgery for his left quadriceps tendon and will miss the first-round game of the Duleep Trophy.

Meanwhile, all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has been cleared to play and will be available for selection.

The updated squads for the first round of the Duleep Trophy are as below.

India A: Shubman Gill (C), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, 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), B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (WK), Sandeep Warrier.

India D squad: Shreyas lyer (C), Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (WK), Saurabh Kumar, Sanju Samson (WK).