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The squad of defending champions Rest of India has been announced for Irani Cup 2024. On Tuesday, Rituraj Gaikwad was made the captain of the 15-member team. Abhimanyu Easwaran is the vice-captain, Ishan Kishan has also been included in the team. Ishan had scored a century in the Duleep Trophy.
Rituraj Gaikwad was the captain of India C in the Duleep Trophy. The team finished second in the points table with 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw in 3 matches. He scored 232 runs in 3 matches. Rest of India will face 2023 Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai in the Irani Cup 2024. The match will be played from 1 to 5 October at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.
Dhruv Jurel and Yash Dayal have also got a chance in the Rest of India team. Both these players are also in the Test team for the Bangladesh series. If these players do not get a chance in the playing XI in the Test match, then they will be released for the Irani Cup.
For the Irani Cup, Mumbai has handed over the captaincy to experienced Ajinkya Rahane. By 2015-16, Mumbai had won 41 Ranji Trophy titles. The team could not win the trophy in the next 6 tournaments. In 2016 and 2021, the team reached the finals, but lost to Saurashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
Last year again Ajinkya Rahane was out of Team India. After which Mumbai made him the captain of their Ranji team. The team performed brilliantly and won the Ranji Trophy title for the 42nd time by defeating Vidarbha in the final. The team's title win came after 6 years.
Rest of India is the defending champion of the Irani Cup. The team defeated Saurashtra, who won the Ranji Trophy in 2022-23, by 175 runs. The match was played at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot, Gujarat.
Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vice-captain), Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal, Ricky Bhui, Shashvat Rawat, Khaleel Ahmed and Rahul Chahar.
Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Mushir Khan, Shreyas Iyer, Siddesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore, Siddhant Adhatrao, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Awasthi, Mohammad Junaid Khan and Royston Dias.
2024-09-25