Duleep Trophy 2024 Squads: Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik to Miss First Round of the Tournament Due to Illness

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Pacers Mohammed Siraj and Umran Malik will miss the first round matches of the upcoming Duleep Trophy 2024 due to illness while veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been allowed an extended period of rest by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The first round of the Duleep Trophy, comprising two matches, will be held from September 5-8 with India A taking on India B at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and India C facing off against India D at the Rural Development Trust Stadium A in Ananthapur.

BCCI's national selection committee on Tuesday (August 27) announced a few changes to the participating squads. Siraj, who was a part of India's last away assignment in Sri Lanka, has been ruled out of the first round matches along with Umran Malik.

Siraj was part of India B squad, while Umran was among the players named in the India C squad. Now, the pace duo, who are suffering from illness, have been replaced by Navdeep Saini and Gaurav Yadav.

"Both Siraj and Malik are suffering from an illness and are not expected to be fit in time for their Duleep Trophy fixtures," the BCCI informed in a release. "All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has also been released from the Team B squad," the board added.

Jadeja was last seen in action in the T20 World Cup final in June against South Africa and was rested from the ODI series in Sri Lanka. No replacement has been named for Jadeja.

Saini, who has played in 2 Tests for India, last played in the longest format on the international stage back in 2021 during the tour Down Under. The pacer has claimed 4 wickets in his 2 Test appearances. The 31-year-old, however, played a part in India A tour matches earlier this year.

The 32-year-old Yadav, who hails from Madhya Pradesh, took 41 wickets in seven matches for Pondicherry in the last season of Ranji Trophy to finish as the second highest wicket-taker in the country's premier domestic competition. Here is a look at the updated squads:

Duleep Trophy 2024 Squads (Updated)

India A Squad: 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 Squad: 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 Squad: 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 Squad: 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.