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

MEDIA RELEASE

4 September 2024

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

Wicket-keeper batsman 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 a speedy recovery.

The men’s selection committee has named Sanju Samson as Kishan’s replacement for the Indian D team.

Batsman Suryakumar Yadav will also be unavailable for the first round of the Duleep Trophy after spraining his right thumb during the All-India Buchi Babu Tournament. The BCCI medical team continues to assess his injury and a further scan next week will determine his availability for the second round.

Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna is nearing completion of his rehabilitation following surgery on his left quadriceps tendon and will miss the first round match of the Duleep Trophy.

Meanwhile, all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has been cleared for the game and is 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)

JAY SHAH

Volunteer Secretary

BCCI