Mumbai lost their top-order with just 37 runs on the scorecard but captain Ajinkya Rahane pulled off two crucial partnerships with Shreyas Iyer and Sarfaraz Khan to fight back against Rest of India on Day 1 of the Irani Cup 2024 clash in Kanpur.
Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel and Yash Dayal have been released from India duties for the time being. The three players have been released from the Indian team's squad despite the match running in Kanpur. The Indian Board confirmed the development through social media.
Team India is unlikely to make any changes to its batting unit for the second Test against Bangladesh which will be played at Green Park in Kanpur. Meanwhile, Mumbai will face the Rest of India in the Irani Cup fixture from October 1 to 5 and Sarfaraz is expected to turn up for the Ranji Champions.
Suryakumar Yadav missed the opening two fixtures of the Duleep Trophy 2024 after failing to recover from his thumb injury but is set to return to action with India B in the final-round clash against Shreyas Iyer's India D starting on September 19.
India's playing XI is always a talking point and for the first Test against Bangladesh, it is very much likely that a couple of talented players will miss out. Meanwhile, India's head coach has more or less confirmed that two players in the squad will have to wait for their opportunity.
India's home season is set to begin on September 19 with the first of the two-match Test series against Bangladesh. With top players returning to the fold again, it is very likely that despite being picked in the squad, Sarfaraz Khan will have to warm the bench.
Players picked in the squad for the first Test match against Bangladesh will leave their Duleep Trophy teams, except for Sarfaraz Khan, who will feature in the second round of the tournament. Rinku Singh is set to join India B for the second round of the red-ball event.
The Indian cricket team management will have to make some major decisions on picking the team for the India vs Bangladesh 1st Test in Chennai. The Indian Board has recently announced a 16-member squad for the first Test match which will start from September 19 onwards.
After taking a big 90-run lead in the first innings, India B struggled for runs in the early stages of the second innings against India A but Rishabh Pant and Srafaraz Khan played small but crucial innings to put India B in a comfortable position with a 240-run at the end of Day 3's play.
Sarfaraz Khan's brother Musheer Khan has started the domestic season on a high with a fantastic century in the Duleep Trophy for India B. Soon after his ton, India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav hailed him with a dialogue in MS Dhoni's biopic on social media.
On the opening day of the Duleep Trophy 2024, the India B team witnessed an early collapse against India A but young Musheer Khan smashed an unbeaten century to rescue Abhimanyu Easwaran-led team at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
The Indian men's domestic season kicked off on Thursday, September 5 in Bengaluru and Ananthapur. Several Indian players are spread across four teams with some of them looking to audition for the spots for the Test team with the squad announcement looming for the Bangladesh series.
Both Dhruv Jurel and Sarafaraz Khan made successful international debuts during India's five-match Test series against England and played three matches to fulfil BCCI's criteria to earn an annual central contract.
Sarfaraz Khan may have batted only once in the final Test against England, however, he made more impact with his words than his bat even though he did score a fifty. Sarfaraz didn't hold himself back from engaging in banter with England players such as Jonny Bairstow and Shoaib Bashir on Day 3.
Tempers flared as Jonny Bairstow and Shubman Gill exchanged a few words during the change of overs before Sarfaraz Khan joined in. The war of words continued even after Bairstow had gotten out as he and Gill said something to each other when he was leaving the field in the fifth Test in Dharamsala.
Team India skipper Rohit Sharma was left dumbfounded as despite Sarfaraz Khan's insistence, he didn't go for a review for a catch against Zak Crawley but the replays showed that the batter had hit it. The reactions from players went viral before Kuldeep Yadav got Crawley eventually.
Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel have not been named in any of the four BCCI annual contract categories despite playing in two Tests for India against England and impressing everyone in those games. BCCI mentioned why the board has not picked the two players in the player retainership list.
India's middle order (no.4, 5 and 6) Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan and Ravindra Jadeja struggled to score runs across both innings of the fourth Test match against England in Ranchi despite a five-wicket win by the hosts on Day 4.
If India go on to win the 4th Test in Ranchi, then it will be the first time England would lose a Test series after the appointment of Brendon McCullum as coach and Ben Stokes as captain of the red-ball team.
Rohit Sharma wanted a fielder close to the batter but stopped Sarfaraz Khan from fielding at silly point without his helmet. The Indian captain schooled Sarfaraz for it and asked him to wear the gear. The incident took place during the third day of the IND vs ENG 4th Test.
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