As many as 17 Indian Test cricketers were in action for four teams—India A, India B, India C, and India D—in the first round matches of the Duleep Trophy 2024, which were played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and Rural Development Trust Stadium in Anantapur. But apart from Axar Patel and Akash Deep, others failed to impress with their performances in both innings of the match.
The first round matches of Duleep Trophy 2024 were seen as a big opportunity for players to make a case for selection in Team India for the upcoming two-match Test series against Bangladesh, which starts on September 19 in Chennai.
Here’s a look at how Indian Test players performed in first-round matches of the Duleep Trophy 2024:
Yashasvi Jaiswal: India’s Test opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 30 and 9 runs for India B in the match played against India A at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Sarfaraz Khan: Sarfaraz Khan came out to bat at No. 4 for India B in both innings against India A and scored 9 and 46 runs. On the third day’s play of the match, the right-handed batter hammered five fours in an over bowled by Akash Deep.
Rishabh Pant: In his first red-ball match since life-threatening road accident on December 30, 2022, Pant scored 7 runs (10 balls) and 61 runs from 47 balls for Abhimanyu Easwaran-led India B at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. He completed his fifty from just 34 balls in the second inning.
Washington Sundar: Washington Sundar, who last played a red-ball match for India in March 2021, scored 0 and 9 runs for India B and picked up one wicket in each inning.
Navdeep Saini: Pacer Navdeep scored 56 runs for India B in the first innings and then picked up three wickets for 60 runs in the 16 overs. In the second inning, he contributed 13 runs from 19 balls and accounted for the dismissal of two batters.
Mukesh Kumar: Bengal-based fast bowler Mukesh Kumar dismissed three India A batters in the first inning and finished with figures of 10-1-50-2 in the second.
Shubman Gill: Shubman Gill led India A in the first match against India B but wasn’t able to convert his good starts into big scores. The 25-year-old right-handed batter was dismissed for 25 runs from 43 balls in the first inning and made 21 runs from 35 balls in the second inning.
Mayank Agarwal: Mayank was Gill’s opening partner for India A in the match against India B, but the Karnataka batter could only manage to score 36 and 3 runs in two innings.
KL Rahul: KL Rahul scored 37 runs from 111 balls in the first inning for India A and made 57 from 121 deliveries in the second inning against India B at his home ground in Bengaluru.
Dhruv Jurel: Jurel equalled MS Dhoni’s record of taking seven catches in an innings of a Duleep Trophy match, but he failed to fire with the bat and was dismissed for 2 and 0 runs by India B bowlers.
Kuldeep Yadav: Star Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav picked up one wicket in the first inning for India A and remained wicketless in the second. With the bat, he scored 1 and 14 runs.
Akash Deep: Bengal pacer Akash Deep, who made his Test debut for India against England in Ranchi on February 23, 2024, picked a total of 9 wickets (4 and 5) in the match against India B. With the bat, the 27-year-old cricketer scored 11 runs in the first inning and 44 in the second.
Shreyas Iyer: Shreyas Iyer was the captain of the India D team in the first round match, and after getting out for just 9 runs from 16 balls in the first inning, the right-handed middle-order batter scored 54 runs from just 44 balls.
Devdutt Padikkal: Karnataka batter Devdutt Padikkal, who made his Test debut for India against England in Dharamsala earlier this year, failed to open his account in the first inning for India D against India C but top-scored in the second inning by making 56 runs off 70 deliveries.
KS Bharat: Wicketkeeper-batter KS Bharat scored 13 and 16 runs for India D in the match against India C at Rural Development Trust Stadium in Anantapur.
Axar Patel: Star all-rounder Axar Patel was the top performer for India D in the first-round match. The 30-year-old cricketer scored 86 runs in the first innings with the help of six fours and as many sixes and then picked up two wickets for 46 runs in 13 overs. In the second inning, Axar amassed a total of 28 runs from 59 balls and dismissed one batter.
Rajat Patidar: Rajat Patidar, who played three Tests for India against England earlier this year, scored 13 and 44 runs for India C in the match against India D, which his side won by four wickets in Anantapur on Saturday.
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