Ravindra Jadeja released, Siraj and Malik out for Duleep Trophy first round

Additionally, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will not participate in the opening round of the tournament. The BCCI has not disclosed the reason for Jadeja's absence from Team B.

The first round of the Duleep Trophy, a major four-day domestic cricket competition, is set to begin on September 5. Team A, led by Shubman Gill, will compete against Team B at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Concurrently, Team C will face Team D, captained by Shreyas Iyer, at the Rural Development Trust Stadium A in Ananthapur.

The tournament will feature the return of Test specialists to domestic cricket, following a BCCI directive for their participation during breaks from international duties. Notable players such as Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, and R Ashwin have been permitted to skip the first-round games to prepare for the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh. India will face Bangladesh in two Test matches from September 19 to October 1, marking the start of their home season.

Revised squads of the four teams for the first round of Duleep Trophy 2024:

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.