BCCI release THREE top stars before Irani Cup 2024 fixture

New Delhi: Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, and Yash Dayal have been given permission to leave India’s Test squad, currently playing against Bangladesh in Kanpur, to join their respective teams for the upcoming Irani Cup, starting on Tuesday.

“Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel and Yash Dayal have been released from India’s Test squad to participate in the #IraniCup, scheduled to commence tomorrow in Lucknow,” the BCCI said in a post in X.

Update: Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel and Yash Dayal have been released from India’s Test squad to participate in the #IraniCup, scheduled to commence tomorrow in Lucknow. pic.twitter.com/E0AsPuIVYX

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 30, 2024

Former India captain Ajinkya Rahane will lead the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai, while India and Maharashtra batter Ruturaj Gaikwad will captain the Rest of India side in the Irani Cup.

Sarfaraz Khan, of course, is going to join the side as a middle-order batter. He will not be accompanied by his younger brother Musheer Khan, however, since the latter is at present undergoing treatment for injuries he received while traveling with his father and one more person from Azamgarh to Lucknow in a road accident last Saturday.

The rest of India squad will include the wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel and uncapped left-arm fast bowler Yash Dayal. How available these two are for the Irani Cup would also depend on whether they are playing in the second Test between India and Bangladesh, as the BCCI had said earlier.

Squads:

Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore (wk), Siddhant Addhatrao (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Mohammad Juned Khan, Royston Dias.

Rest of India squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Abhimanyu Easwaran (VC), Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal, Ricky Bhui, Shashwat Rawat, Khaleel Ahmed, Rahul Chahar.