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The men's selection committee on September 10 announced the changes for the second round of Duleep Trophy 2024. As senior players leave their respective squads for the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh at home starting September 19, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced their replacements.
The most notable addition to the side is Rinku Singh. Rinku will play for India B under Abhimanyu Easwaran. Sarfaraz Khan who has been named in the Test squad will stay with India B and play in the second round.
India A captain Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav and Akash Deep have been replaced by Pratham Singh, Akshay Wadkar, Shaikh Rasheed, Shams Mulani and Aaqib Khan respectively. In Gill's absence, Mayank Agarwal has been named the captain of India A.
India B's Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant have been replaced by Suyash Prabhudessai. Himanshu Mantri has been added to the squad as well.
There were no chances made in Team C. In Team D, all-rounder Axar Patel has been replaced by Nishant Sidhu. Meanwhile Vidwath Kaverappa who was a part of India A will replace Tushar Deshpande as he has been ruled out due to a niggle.
The second round of Duleep Trophy will begin on September 12 in Anantapur.
Duleep Trophy 2024 updated squads –
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 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)
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
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