Duleep Trophy: Rinku Singh joins India B, Wadkar replaces KL Rahul

With several players leaving for the India-Bangladesh Test series, starting on September 19, the Men’s Selection Committee has announced certain changes for the second round of the Duleep Trophy, which will be played in Anantapur from September 12. 

Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav and Akash Deep, who were part of the India A set-up, will miss the second round of the domestic red-ball competition. With Gill leaving, Mayank Agarwal has been appointed as India A skipper.

Pratham Singh (Railways), Akshay Wadkar (Vidarbha), SK Rasheed (Andhra), Shams Mulani (Mumbai) and Aaqib Khan (Uttar Pradesh) have been brought in as their replacements in the India A set-up. 

For India B, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant and Yash Dayal will miss the second round. They have been replaced by Suyash Prabhudessai (Goa), Himanshu Mantri (Madhya Pradesh) and Rinku Singh. However, Sarfaraz Khan, who has been named in the Indian squad, will continue playing in the Duleep Trophy.

Meanwhile, India D will be without Axar Patel. Another left-arm spin-bowling all-rounder, Nishant Sindhu has been named as his replacement. Tushar Deshpande is ruled out owing to a niggle and will be replaced by India A’s Vidwath Kaverappa.

Ruturaj Gaikwad’s India C are unaffected by the changes as they don’t have anyone featuring in the India-Bangladesh Test series.

In the first round, India B defeated India A by 76 runs, while India C beat India D by four wickets. India A will next play India D at the Rural Development Trust Stadium, while India B will take on India C at the ACA ADCA Ground.

Updated squads

India A - Mayank Agarwal (C), Riyan Parag, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat, Pratham Singh, Akshay Wadkar, SK Rasheed, Shams Mulani, Aaqib Khan

India B - Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Sarfaraz Khan, Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rinku Singh, Himanshu Mantri

India C - Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel, B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal, Sandeep Warrier

India D - Shreyas lyer (C), Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (WK), Saurabh Kumar, Sanju Samson (WK), Nishant Sindhu, Vidwath Kaverappa

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