Duleep Prize: Siraj, Umran to miss first round of contest, substitutions declared

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 27 The Men's Choice Council of the Leading body of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday declared substitutes for pacers Mohammed Siraj and Umran Malik, who will miss the principal round of Duleep Prize because of ailment.

Likewise, the star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been set free from the Group B crew.

The Duleep Prize, which denotes the start of red-ball cricket in the homegrown season, will highlight top India stars from the worldwide circuit and arising gifts contending at the most elevated level. The competition is set to start on September 5, 2024, in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh and M Chinnaswamy Arena, Bengaluru.

Pacers will be supplanted by Navdeep Saini and Gaurav Yadav in Group B and C crews separately.

"The Men's Determination Board declared several substitutions in the crews for the primary round of the 2024-25 Duleep Prize. Pacer Navdeep Saini will supplant Mohd. Siraj in the Group B crew while Gaurav Yadav will supplant Umran Malik in the Group C crew. Both Siraj and Malik are experiencing an ailment and are not supposed to be fit in time for their Duleep Prize apparatuses," said the articulation from BCCI.

"All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has additionally been let out of the Group B crew," the assertion added.

Star India hitters Rishabh Gasp, Kishan, Shubman Gill and a lot more players are set to highlight in the Duleep Prize 2024-25 season.

The changed crews of the four groups for the main round of the competition are as beneath: -

India A: Shubman Gill (C), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Profound, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat.

India B: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Gasp (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), Suryakumar Yadav, B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (WK), Sandeep Warrier.

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

Note: Nitish Kumar Reddy's cooperation in the Duleep Prize is dependent upon wellness.