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  • Duleep Trophy 2024: Rinku Singh Joins India B Squad, Mayank Agarwal To Lead India A | cricket news

    Duleep Trophy 2024: All-rounder Rinku Singh received the nod from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the second round matches of the ongoing Duleep Trophy 2024. Rinku comes in as a replacement player in the India B squad after the The likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant had to withdraw following their selection for the senior men’s Test series against Bangladesh. The second round matches in the Duleep Trophy starting from 12th September. The BCCI also revealed in a release that India A Captain Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav and Akash Deep have been named in India’s Test squad for the series against Bangladesh and will not feature in the upcoming round.

    The selectors have named Pratham Singh (Railways) as a replacement for Gill, Akshay Wadkar (Vidarbha CA) as a replacement for KL Rahul and SK Rasheed (Andhra CA) as a replacement for Jurel. Left-arm spinner Shams Mulani will replace Kuldeep in the squad whereas Aaqib Khan (UPCA) will replace Akashdeep in the squad.

    Mayank Agarwal has been named as the Captain of India A.

    Updated India A squad: Mayank Agarwal (C), Riyan Parag, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat, Pratham Singh, Akshay Wadkar, SK Rasheed, Shams Mulani, Aaqib Khan

    India B’s Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant have been named in India’s squad and the selectors have named Suyash Prabhudessai and Rinku Singh as replacements respectively. Fast bowler Yash Dayal has received his maiden national call-up while Sarfaraz Khan, who too has been named in India’s squad, will feature in the second-round game. Himanshu Mantri (Madhya Pradesh CA) has been added to the squad.

    Updated India B squad: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Sarfaraz Khan, Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (WK), Suyash Prabhudessai, Rinku Singh, Himanshu Mantri (WK)

    As Axar Patel will join Team India from Team D, he will be replaced by Nishant Sindhu (Haryana CA). Tushar Deshpande is ruled out of the second round owing to a niggle and he will be replaced by India A’s Vidwath Kaverappa.

    Updated India D squad: Shreyas lyer (C), Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (WK), Saurabh Kumar, Sanju Samson ( WK), Nishant Sindhu, Vidwath Kaverappa

    Team C squad remains unchanged for the second round.

  • All love, no hatred: Chintan Gaja poses with Venkatesh Iyer after unsightly incident at Duleep Trophy

    Unsightly scenes spread out within the Duleep Trophy fixture between West Zone and Central Zone when medium pacer Chintan Gaja hit Venkatesh Iyer on his neck with the ball.

    Venkatesh Iyer (left) poses with Chintan Gaja (proper). (Courtesy: Chintan Gaja/Instagram)

    HIGHLIGHTSVenkatesh Iyer used to be compelled to get off the pitch and opt for scansAn ambulance used to be referred to as in the midst of the pitch for the help of IyerCricket fanatics on social media had in short referred to as for suspension of Chintan Gaja

    Nasty scenes spread out on Friday, 16 September within the Duleep Trophy fixture between West and Central Zone when medium pacer Chintan Gaja hit Venkatesh Iyer with the ball slightly below his neck. Iyer, who had defended the supply again to the bowler used to be stuck off guard when Gaja selected to hurl it again at him in frustration. The Central Zone batter went instantly down at the floor, wincing in ache. Because the ambulance used to be referred to as in the midst of the pitch, Iyer used to be in a position to get again on his ft and used to be taken for precautionary clinical tests.

    Unsightly scene right here. Venkatesh Iyer has been hit at the shoulder as Gaja throws the ball defended ball again on the batter. Venkatesh is down at the floor in ache and the ambulance arrives. #DuleepTrophy percent.twitter.com/TCvWbdgXFp

    — Dhruva Prasad (@DhruvaPrasad9) September 16, 2022

    Whilst the fanatics referred to as for a suspension of the medium pacer, it looks as if India all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer and the bowler have mended issues up between themselves and selected to transport on from what can have been a large controversy in Indian home cricket.

    Gaja, posted a photograph as soon as Iyer used to be in a position to return again from health facility on the following day and captioned it ‘All Love no hatered’.

    Iyer then again published to Cricbuzz that he used to be completely tremendous however he didn’t know if he can be allowed to get again within the sport. The batter did pop out within the first innings once you have retired harm, however used to be now not in a position to ultimate lengthy.

    “I used to be hit under my ear. It used to be a surprise first of all however I’m completely tremendous. I do not know, I’ve been saved below 24-hour commentary. I will be able to have to peer how issues pass,” the batter stated.

    On the time of writing, Central Zone have a mammoth job of their hand within the semi-final fixture of Duleep Trophy. The Karan Sharma-led crew want 468 runs to win within the last innings of the sport and feature 8 wickets in hand. Previous within the innings, West Zone ruled the lawsuits with Prithvi Shaw’s 142 off simply 140 balls which helped the crew get to a large 2d innings overall of 371 runs.

    Central Zone will hope that Iyer can pop out to bat and spouse with the likes of Priyam Garg and Rinku Singh to succeed in the entire.

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  • Focussed on “procedure”, West captain Rahane begins comeback combat with Duleep Trophy

    It gained’t be a very easy combat to reclaim what he has misplaced however Ajinkya Rahane is not going to deviate from his “procedure pushed” strategies as he gears as much as lead a star-studded West Zone towards minnows North East within the opening Duleep Trophy sport beginning Thursday.

    The Indian home cricket season begins with revival of Duleep Trophy, again in its zonal structure as two quarterfinal fits kick off court cases. There couldn’t had been a larger mismatch between the 2 aspects as West boasts of a batting line-up with names like skipper Rahane, the marauding Prithvi Shaw, proficient Yashashvi Jaiswal, KKR captain Shreyas Iyer and Rahul Tripathi, who as just lately as excursion of Zimbabwe used to be with the Indian staff.

    However focal point might be on Rahane, who will definitely make a final ditch try to get again into the Take a look at staff after being dropped previous this 12 months after two years of barren run.

    “See, I consider in following my processes. Presently, my focal point is at the Duleep Trophy and doing neatly for West zone staff and we will be able to see what occurs in long run,’ Rahane mentioned at the eve of the fit. For him, it’s about taking each and every fit because it comes.

    “Taking part in one sport at a time…Coming again after harm, the focal point on what’s in hand somewhat than the long run. Having a look ahead to doing neatly,” he mentioned in accordance with a query if he noticed it as the primary alternative against operating for the comeback. He mentioned it used to be excellent that Duleep Trophy had returned to the zonal structure and mentioned it supplied alternative to home avid gamers. “After I performed (Duleep Trophy) final time in 2009-2010, it used to be in zonal structure. While you play zonal (structure), a large number of avid gamers get a chance. I at all times consider that you want to provide significance to home cricket, Ranji and Duleep. It’s nice that each one zones are taking part and this can be a nice signal,” Rahane added.

    In conjunction with the skipper, Shaw and Jaiswal can rack up giant rankings and the North-East bowlers could be laborious pressed to prevent them. Home stalwart Jaydev Unadkat paperwork a part of a powerful bowling assault that still contains Baroda pacer Atit Seth and Saurashtra’s Chirag Jani.The tough West Zone facet is predicted to hold too many weapons for his or her fighters which is composed of avid gamers from the North-Japanese area and the Plate groups.

    Duleep Trophy agenda:

    QF: West Zone vs North East Zone (in Chennai), East Zone vs North Zone (in Puducherry).

    Groups (from):

    West Zone: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Tamore (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Rahul Tripathi, Satyajeet Bachhav, Het Patel, Chintan Gaja, Jaydev Unadkat, Chirag Jani, Atit Sheth.

    North East Zone: Al Bashid Muhammed, Ankur Malik, Techi Doria, Rongsen Jonathan, Khrievitso Kense, Kishan Lyngdoh, L Kishan Singha, Bishworjit Konthoujam, G Lalbiakvela, Techi Neri, Dippu Sangma, Rex Rajkumar, Ashish Thapa, Hokaito Zhimomi (captain), Bobby Zothansanga.
    North, East zones in fight of equals

    In Puducherry, East will tackle North in what seems to be an calmly matched contest on paper. The skilled Manoj Tiwary leads the boys from the East with a mixture of enjoy and formative years to name upon.

    Tiwari, a veteran of many battles, will glance to guide from the entrance within the match that returns to the home scene after an opening of 3 years. Regardless that the staff will pass over the products and services of top-order batter Abhimanyu Easwaran, who is a part of the India ‘A’ staff taking part in New Zealand, they’ve sufficient firepower to run up a large overall and feature a numerous bowling assault. North, then again, led via Mandeep Singh contains Yash Dhull, who captained the India staff to under-19 Global Cup triumph previous this 12 months. Dhull’s performances might be watched keenly after an excellent begin to his first class occupation. The staff contains a number of skilled names with Navdeep Saini and Siddharth Kaul prone to lead the bowling assault.

    Groups:

    East Zone: Manoj Tiwary (captain), Virat Singh (vice-captain), Nazim Siddique, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Shantanu Mishra, Anustup Majumdar, Riyan Parag, Kumar Kushagra, Abishek Porel (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ishan Porel, Akash Deep, Mukhtar Hussain, Mani Shankar Murasingh.

    North Zone: Yash Dhull, Dhruv Shorey, Manan Vohra, Mandeep Singh (captain), Himanshu Rana, Akash Vashisht, Anmol Malhotra, Mayank Dagar, Pulkit Narang, Navdeep Saini, Siddharth Kaul, Jagjit Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Qamran Iqbal, Vikas Mishra.

  • Building up in home cricket prize cash; Deodhar Trophy culled

    Prize cash for home tournaments, together with the Ranji Trophy, shall be greater by means of the Board of Regulate for Cricket in India. This was once one of the vital choices taken on the Apex Council assembly held in Mumbai on Thursday. Ranji Trophy winners get a cheque of Rs 2 crore. The verdict to extend the prize cash follows the providence of Rs 48,390 crore from sale of IPL media rights

    “The Apex Council has determined to offer powers to administrative center bearers to make a decision at the revised prize cash,” a BCCI legitimate stated.

    The home calendar will see a transformation because the BCCI determined to drop the Deodhar Trophy, which was once first held in 1973-74. The Deodhar Trophy is a list-A event which options 3 groups – India A, B and C.

    A BCCI legitimate stated the cause of culling the event was once the packed home agenda. The BCCI is ready to behavior 1,773 home video games this season, together with age-group tournaments. “We couldn’t to find house with such a lot of fits to be performed throughout the home season which is scheduled to begin from September this 12 months,” the BCCI legitimate stated.

    The Duleep Trophy to be performed in a zonal layout, Ranji Trophy to have Elite and Plate teams and the Determination Overview Device (DRS) prone to be in position for all Ranji Trophy Video games, had been the opposite key choices taken on the Apex Council assembly.

    The assembly on Thursday was once the BCCI’s first bodily assembly put up Covid-19. It was once chaired by means of BCCI president Sourav Ganguly whilst secretary Jay Shah and treasurer Arun Dhumal additionally attended.

    As for the Ranji Trophy, the BCCI has determined to reintroduce the Elite and Plate organization, like within the pre-Covid days. Thirty-two groups shall be divided into 4 Elite teams of 8 every, whilst six groups shall be within the Plate organization. The winners of the Plate Crew ultimate gets a place within the quarterfinals of Ranji Trophy. A relegation machine can be in position.

    The Ranji Trophy will start in December and groups will play house and away.

    The opposite tournaments throughout the home season would be the Irani Trophy (Remainder of India vs Ranji Trophy winner), Vijay Hazare Trophy (50 overs) and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (20 overs). The BCCI officers felt that going again to the zonal layout in Duleep Trophy will lend a hand give a boost to the standard of the event. The Duleep Trophy in its present layout is composed of 3 groups – India Crimson, India Blue and India Inexperienced

    DRS most likely for Ranji Trophy?

    The Apex Council mentioned having DRS (Determination Overview Device) within the subsequent season of Ranji Trophy sport. Various howlers by means of umpires has resulted within the BCCI mulling over introducing DRS in Ranji Trophy. “The BCCI has agreed in idea to have the DRS machine in position for subsequent season. If the whole thing is going easily, the BCCI can have a DRS machine for all reside video games,” a BCCI legitimate stated.