BCCI announces changes in Duleep Trophy 2024 squads, THIS Sunrisers Hyderabad player to replace Shubman Gill as India A captain

The Board of Regulate for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced major changes in the squads for the remaining rounds of the continuing Duleep Trophy 2024 tournament, starting with the 2nd round which gets underway at Anantapur from Thursday (September 12). With BCCI already announcing the squad for the first India vs Bangladesh 2024 Test last week, India ‘A’ Captain Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav and Akash Deep have been named on this squad.

As due to the the this fact these players will now now not be featuring in the 2nd round of the Duleep Trophy 2024 tournament. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Karnataka batter Mayank Agarwal has been named as replacement skipper to guide the India ‘A’.

“The men’s Selection Committee have announced certain changes for the 2nd round of the Duleep Trophy ranging from Twelfth September in Anantapur. The selectors have named Pratham Singh (Railways) as a replacement for Gill, Akshay Wadkar (Vidarbha CA) as a replacement for KL Rahul and SK Rasheed (Andhra CA) as a replacement for Jurel. Left-arm spinner Shams Mulani will replace Kuldeep in the squad whereas Aaqib Khan (UPCA) will replace Akashdeep in the squad,” a BCCI statement read on Tuesday (September 10).

Agarwal scored 36 off forty five balls in the first innings of the India ‘A’ match against India ‘B’ in the first round of Duleep Trophy 2024. The SRH batter fell for Three in the 2nd innings as India ‘A’ lost by 76 runs with Yash Dayal claiming Three/50.

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