Mohammed Siraj Ruled Out Of Duleep Trophy Match Due To Illness. Will He Play IND vs BAN Tests?

Mohammed Siraj has been ruled out of the Duleep Trophy first round match with an illness. With the first Test against Bangladesh beginning on September 19, will he be fit in time for the same?

Mohammed Siraj has been ruled out of the Duleep Trophy first round fixture. Will he be playing the IND vs BAN Tests?

Source : PTI

Mohammed Siraj In IND vs BAN Tests: The selection committee has made some changes ahead of the Duleep Trophy first round fixtures. Mohammed Siraj, Team India's star pacer, has been replaced by Navdeep Saini. Notably, Siraj was part of the India B team. Meanwhile, in Team C it is Gaurav Yadav who replaced Umran Malik. It is being learnt that both the Indian pacers are recovering from illness.

However, Siraj in particular has been a vital part of India's pace attack across formats and with the first Test of the two-match Test series against Bangladesh beginning on September 19, will the Hyderabad Express be fit in time to make it to the side?

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BCCI Shares Good News

Meanwhile, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has shared a good news with regards to the injuries of Siraj and Umran. The Indian cricket board expects both of them to recover in time for the rest of the fixtures in the tournament which means that should Siraj get a call for the Test series, which he is likely to, he will be able to join the team.

India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has also been released from the Duleep Trophy squad. No reason was provided for Jadeja's exclusion from the side.

Duleep Trophy Revised Squads

India A: Shubman Gill (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (WK), 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 (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy*, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Yash Dayal, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (Wicketkeeper).

India C: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (wicketkeepe), Sandeep Warrier.

India D: Shreyas lyer (Captain), 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 (wicketkeeper), Saurabh Kumar.