These two star players were out of Duleep Trophy, Ravindra Jadeja also withdrew his name, know the reason | News India

Duleep Trophy , Indian fast bowlers Mohammad Siraj and Umran Malik have been ruled out of the first round of the Duleep Trophy starting on September 5. While all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has withdrawn his name. He was selected for the India-B team. Now it has been freed.

Siraj and Umran have been ruled out of the first round due to illness. Siraj was part of the India-B team. Siraj has been replaced by Delhi's Navdeep Saini in the team, while Gaurav Yadav has replaced Umran Malik in India-C. Jadeja's replacement has not been announced yet.

Gaurav created a stir by taking 41 wickets in Ranji Trophy

32-year-old Gaurav is from Madhya Pradesh, but moved to Pondicherry last season. He created a stir by taking 41 wickets in the Ranji Trophy. He averaged 14.58 in seven matches. In which he took five wickets. Gaurav has played a total of 37 first-class matches so far. In which he has 141 wickets to his name. Gaurav made his first-class debut in 2012.

Nitish Kumar Reddy's condition is not clear yet. Whether he plays or not in the Duleep Trophy depends on his fitness. Because, he has recently undergone a hernia surgery.

The format has changed

Actually Duleep Trophy has been organized in zonal format. Teams from North, South, West, East, Central and North-East played in this tournament. However, this time the format has been changed. Now a tournament of four teams has been created. This time it has been organized between India-A, India-B, India-C, India-D teams. The first round will be played in Bengaluru and Anantapur from September 5.