Duleep Trophy 2024: Siraj, Umran Malik out due to illness; Ravindra Jadeja released

India Test pacer Mohammed Siraj and speedster Umran Malik have been released from the first round squads of the season-opening Duleep Trophy in September.

The BCCI has announced that both Siraj and Umran have been omitted due to illness with seamer Navdeep Saini and Puducherry pacer Gaurav Yadav named replacements. Gaurav, who has also represented Madhya Pradesh, was among the highest wicket-taking pacers last Ranji Trophy season.

Meanwhile, spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has also been released from one of the four squads that will feature in the tournament.

Four teams, namely India A, India B, India C and India D will feature in the tournament this time, scrapping the previous system of zonal squads.

Duleep Trophy 2024-25: Dates and Venues
The upcoming Duleep Trophy will predominantly be played at two venues within the Anantapur Cricket Ground complex in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh.

One of the opening round matches on September 5 will be held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Duleep Trophy 2024: Full Schedule
September 5-8, 2024: India A vs India B – Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
September 5-8, 2024: India C vs India D – Venue: Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anantapur

September 12-15, 2024: India A vs India D – Venue: Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anantapur
September 12-15, 2024: India B vs India C – Venue: ACA ADCA Ground, Anantapur

September 19-22, 2024: India A vs India C – Venue: Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anantapur
September 19-22, 2024: India B vs India D – Venue: ACA ADCA Ground, Anantapur.

Duleep Trophy 2024 squads

India A: Shubman Gill (C), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, 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), 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.

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