Ajinkya Rahane, 2024 Iran Cup Team: Iran Cup, India’s domestic cricket tournament 2024, will be held from October 1 to 5. Recently the Duleep Trophy ended and India A won. Now we can get a glimpse of the Iran Cup. The teams participating in this tournament from Mumbai and other parts of India have been announced.
In this tournament, Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai will compete against other teams in India. Due to rain in Mumbai, the match between the two teams has been shifted to the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.
Gaikwad and Rahane given captaincy
The captaincy of the rest of India team has been handed over to Rituraj Gaikwad. Apart from Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Ishan Kishan also got a chance to serve as the wicketkeeper of the team. Apart from the famous Krishna and Mukesh Kumar, Khalil Ahmed and Rahul Chahal will also showcase their bowling talents for this team.
Ajinkya Rahane returns to Iran Cup after leading Mumbai to Ranji Trophy title. Rahane has been given command of the team. Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur have also been roped in to join the team. Apart from this, dangerous opener Prithvi Shaw also has a place in the Mumbai squad.
Iran Cup two teams:
Rest of India: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vice-captain), Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (WK)*, Shan Kishan (WK), Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal*, Ricky Bhui , Shashwat Rawat, Khalil Ahmed, Rahul Chahal.
Mumbai team: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Musheer Khan, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore (wicketkeeper), Siddhant Adhtarao (wicketkeeper), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Awasthi , Muhammad Junaid Khan and Royston Dias.
