Karnataka opener Mayank Agarwal will lead the Rest of India (RoI) aspect within the 2022-23 Irani Cup tie towards Madhya Pradesh on the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior beginning Wednesday.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced the 16-member ROI squad on Monday morning.
A notable exclusion is that of the injured Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan, who had one other spectacular season with the bat, scoring 556 runs with a 90-plus common and three centuries. Baba Indrajith has been named as his alternative.
Sarfaraz, at the moment with the Delhi Capitals camp for the upcoming IPL season, was seen nursing a finger harm on his Instagram deal with.
Bengal batters Abimanyu Easwaran and Sudip Gharami are named alongside Mumbai opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. Easwaran earlier led India A in its red-ball tour to Bangladesh in November-December 2022, scoring successive centuries earlier than following up with three extra tons within the Ranji season. Wicketkeeper-opener Harvik Desai and left-arm seamer Chetan Sakariya are the one members from the Ranji Trophy title-winning Saurashtra group within the RoI squad.
Wicketkeeper Upendra Yadav and Delhi skipper Yash Dhull are the opposite batting choices within the squad.
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Saurabh Kumar, Mayank Markande and Pulkit Narang full the spin division. Baroda all-rounder Atit Shath, Mukesh Kumar and Navdeep Saini make up the seam choices. Bengal pacer Akash Deep was additionally named within the group after changing into the main wicket-taker amongst pacers within the Ranji season, with 41 wickets from 10 matches.
Madhya Pradesh, the 2021-22 Ranji champion, which faltered within the semifinal towards Bengal this season, is anticipated to be led by wicketkeeper Himanshu Mantri within the absence of standard skipper Aditya Shrivastava. While he was named within the squad, star batter Rajat Patidar can also be set to overlook the sport attributable to an harm.
RoI squad: Mayank Agarwal (Captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yash Dhull, Baba Indrajith, Upendra Yadav(wk), Atit Sheth, Saurabh Kumar, Harvik Desai, Navdeep Saini, Mukesh Kumar, Chetan Sakariya, Akash Deep, Mayank Markande, Pulkit Narang, Sudip Kumar Gharami
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com