Ishan Kishan, Dhruv Jurel to play for Rest of India in Irani Cup; Sarfaraz Khan to represent Mumbai

India’s Ishan Kishan has kept his hopes of a return to the senior side after being picked for the Irani Cup on Tuesday (Sep 24). Ishan, who represented India C in the Duleep Trophy, will now wear the Rest of India badge but will face stern competition from Dhruv Jurel, who will also be in the squad in case he is not in the Indian team for the Kanpur Test starting on Friday (Sep 27). The Irani Cup contest will be played from 1-5 October in Lucknow.

Ishan keeps hopes alive for India return

The Indian southpaw has been out of favour ever since withdrawing from the South Africa tour and failing to represent Jharkhand in the Ranji Trophy last season. Ishan was also stripped from the central contract last season along with Shreyas Iyer. Ishan scored 111 against India B but failed miserably in the rest of the three innings combing 23 runs during the Duleep Trophy.

On the other hand, Jurel will be part of the team in case he is not picked for the Indian team for the Kanpur Test. The same goes for Sarfaraz and Yash Dayal who are with the Indian team but are unlikely to make the Playing XI for the Kanpur Test. In this case, Sarfaraz will represent Mumbai for whom he had flourished last season.

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Squads for the Irani Cup

Rest of India: Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vice-capt), B Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (wk)*, Ishan Kishan (wk), Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal*, Ricky Bhui, Shashwat Rawat, Khaleel Ahmed, Rahul Chahar.

Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Musheer Khan, Sarfaraz Khan*, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore (wk), Sidhaant Addhatrao (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Mohammad Juned Khan, Royston Dias.