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Samson In; Rahane Captain: Best XI Of Indian Players Dropped For Duleep Trophy 2024

Aayush Kataria

Aug 20, 2024

Prithvi Shaw

Prithvi Shaw is among a rare list of Indians to score a century on Test debut but has not played for India in any format for three years and now does not find himself in any of the four Duleep Trophy squads.

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Priyank Panchal

Priyank Panchal has never played for India but always been knocking the door. The Gujarat captain has been among the most consistent batters in domestic cricket but failed to make any of the four squads.

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Cheteshwar Pujara

Cheteshwar Pujara has played more than 100 Tests for India and is among the greatest batter the country has produced but after not playing for the national team for more than a year, his omission from the Duleep Trophy shows the selectors have looked past him.

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Ajinkya Rahane (C)

Ajinkya Rahane was India's vice-captain on the tour of West Indies only a year ago but has not played for India since then. Despite leading Mumbai to the Ranji Trophy title, he was left out of all 4 Duleep Trophy squads.

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Hanuma Vihari

Hanuma Vihari has not played for India since the one-off Test against England in Edgbaston in 2022 and his axe from the Duleep Trophy shows that the selectors no longer see him as an India prospect.

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Rinku Singh

Rinku Singh might have made his name as a T20 star but he has a first-class average of 54.70 and his absence from the Duleep Trophy is hard to understand.

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Sanju Samson

Sanju Samson continues to be in and out of India's white-ball teams. Samson's hopes of finding a way in India's Test team were given a major setback as he was left out of all 4 squads in the Duleep Trophy and with a first-class average of 38.54 fails to make a strong case.

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Jayant Yadav

Jayant Yadav was for a long-time R Ashwin's back-up as India's primary off-spinner and even has a Test century but he was left out of the Duleep Trophy despite playing 5 Test matches for the country.

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Shams Mulani

Shams Mulani was the highest wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy three season ago and the second-highest in 2022-23 and is a more than decent bat but was not picked in Duleep Trophy despite playing a key role in helping Mumbai win the title this year.

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Navdeep Saini

Navdeep Saini has played two Test for India and was around the Test team for long periods in recent times but was dropped from the squads for the Duleep Trophy.

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Umesh Yadav

Umesh Yadav was regular in the Indian Test team for a decade but has not played for the national team since the WTC final in 2023 and despite impressing in the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy and helping Vidarbha reach the final, he did not find a place in the squad.

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