2024-08-18 13:28:37
New Delhi: Domestic Season The team for Duleep Trophy this season has been announced. Almost all the cricketers who play Test matches for the Indian team have been selected except players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Ravichandran Ashwin. Duleep Trophy will start from September 5, in which India A, B, C and D teams will fight for the trophy for 17 days. All six matches of the tournament will be held in Anantapur.
This time the format of Duleep Trophy has been changed. It has been kept in mind that some players get the necessary practice before the long Test season, which includes 10 matches at home and a tour of Australia. Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and Ruturaj Gaikwad, all three are captains of their respective teams. At the same time, former cricketer Aakash Chopra has raised questions about the player who has been given the captaincy for India B. Abhimanyu Easwaran will be the captain of India B. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Siraj and Pant will be under his captaincy.
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Should Pant not have been given the captaincy?
Aakash Chopra has expressed surprise at Pant not being made the captain. He believes, ‘Pant was once a strong contender to take over the captaincy from Rohit Sharma, but due to an unfortunate accident it could not happen. Pant captained the Delhi Capitals when he returned to competitive cricket during IPL 2024. Has Pant’s position fallen down?’
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He said in his YouTube video, ‘Rishabh Pant is not the captain. He has been selected in Abhimanyu Easwaran’s team. He is playing under the captaincy of Abhimanyu Easwaran, which is absolutely fine. However, is Rishabh Pant not even a candidate for Test captaincy? I am a little surprised.’
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He said, ‘I personally do not agree with this because the best avatar of Rishabh Pant you have seen is as a Test cricketer. He is the only wicketkeeper in the history of Indian cricket to have scored centuries in Test matches in South Africa, England and Australia.’ Pant is one of the very few players among current Indian cricketers to have scored a century in three out of four SENA countries.
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Aakash Chopra said, ‘The way he plays in Test cricket and scores runs consistently, personally in my opinion he was a candidate for the captaincy. However, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer and even Abhimanyu Easwaran are captains, but Pant is not the captain and this is a huge takeaway in my opinion.’