Rest of India squad for Irani Cup announced. It is reported that Mayank Agarwal, who took Karnataka to the semi-finals in the Ranji Trophy, will lead the Rest of India. Injured Mumbai player Sarfaraz Khan and Jalaj Saxena, who took the most wickets in the last Ranji season, did not make it to the team. (irani cup rest india)
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Jalaj Saxena are the two players who performed exceptionally well in the last Ranji Trophy. There have long been complaints that the player, who has been in blistering form for the past few seasons, is not getting the chance he deserves. Jalaj, the star of Kerala, was the player who took the most wickets in the last Ranji. The player took 50 wickets at an average of 19.26 in just 7 matches. Another Kerala star, Sachin Baby, who scored 830 runs at an average of 83 in the season and came fifth among run chasers, was not considered in the team.
Rest of India squad: Mayank Agarwal, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Harvik Desai, Mukesh Kumar, Atit Sheth, Chetan Sakariya, Navdeep Saini, Upendra Yadav (wk), Mayank Markande, Saurabh Kumar, Akash Deep, B Indrajith , Pulkit Narang, Yash Dhull
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