The Ajit Agarkar-led senior selection committee made sweeping changes to the squads of three teams for the second round of the Duleep Trophy 2024. All players, except Sarfaraz Khan, selected for India’s first Test against Bangladesh have been released from Duleep Trophy duties to attend a preparatory camp in Chennai starting September 12. The first Test begins on September 19.
Suryakumar Yadav, still recovering, was given additional time to regain full fitness. He is expected to join the India C team, the only unchanged squad in the tournament, before the third round.
India A, captained by Shubman Gill, saw replacements like Pratham Singh (Railways), Akshay Wadkar (Vidarbha), and SK Rasheed (Andhra). Shams Mulani replaced Kuldeep Yadav, and Aaqib Khan (UPCA) filled in for Akash Deep. Mayank Agarwal has been named India A’s new captain.
For India B, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant were called up to the national team, with Suyash Prabhudessai and Rinku Singh stepping in. Yash Dayal received his first national call-up, while Sarfaraz Khan will play the second-round match before joining the national team. Himanshu Mantri has also been added to India B.
Axar Patel has joined the national team from India D, with Nishant Sindhu replacing him. Due to injury, Tushar Deshpande was ruled out, and Vidwath Kaverappa was named as his replacement for India A.
Updated Duleep Trophy squads:
India A: 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: 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: Shreyas Iyer (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.