The absence of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma from the Duleep trophy was noticed by every Indian cricket fan. The fans were desperately waiting for the duo to hone their skills in the domestic circuit of the games.
With BCCI promoting the Duleep Trophy like never before, it felt like both the seniors would play in that tournament. After their recent WTC finals and Sri Lanka, it looked like it was evident.
But the fans were shocked and angry when they saw that both of them were not part of any of the squads released by BCCI. Jay Shah furiously answered the critics stating that the workload has to be managed.
Virat Kohli And Rohit Sharma Are Not Servants!
BCCI secretary Jay Shah emphasized the fact that they have to manage the workload of the senior players. To avoid the risk of injuries and stated that other top nations do the same for their biggest stars.
He stated, “It doesn’t make sense to add to Virat and Rohit’s load by asking them to play domestic cricket. They run the risk of getting injured.” It also needs to be mentioned that Jasprit Bumrah is also rested for the Duleep Trophy.
He further added, “You also need to look at England and Australia. None of their top players play domestic cricket. We must treat our players respectfully and not treat them like servants.”
Duleep Trophy Squads
India A: Shubman Gill (C), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, 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, Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy*, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd Siraj, Yash Dayal, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (WK).
Team C: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Umran Malik, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (WK), Sandeep Warrier.
Team 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.
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