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Mayank Agarwal to lead Rest of India in Irani Cup match against Madhya Pradesh

Karnataka captain Mayank Agarwal will lead the Rest of India against Madhya Pradesh in their Irani Cup tie starting March 1 in Gwalior. Agarwal was the highest run-scorer in the recently concluded Ranji Trophy season. Agarwal, who is trying to make a comeback in the Test team, is expected to open the innings along with Abhimanyu Easwaran. Mumbai batsman Sarfaraz Khan has been left out of the Rest of India’s 16-man squad due to a finger injury.

The match was initially to be held in Indore but was shifted to Gwalior after the Holkar Stadium got the right to host the third Test between India and Australia from March 1. Apart from Agarwal and Easwaran, the rest of India’s batting will be supported by Sudeep Kumar Gharami, Yashasvi Jaiswal, B Inderjit and Yash Dhull. Wicketkeeper-opener Harvik Desai and left-arm fast bowler Chetan Sakaria, from the defending Ranji Trophy champions Saurashtra’s squad, have found place in the Rest of India squad.

Rest of India’s pace attack will be led by the Bengal duo of Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep and will be supported by Sakariya and Delhi’s Navdeep Saini. The selection panel comprising SS Das, S Sharath, Salil Ankola and Subrata Banerjee also named Uttar Pradesh left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar and Punjab leg-spinner Mayank Markandeya in the Rest of India squad. In the absence of regular captain Aditya Srivastava, the Madhya Pradesh team will be led by wicket-keeper batsman Himanshu Maitri.

Madhya Pradesh have included Rajat Patidar, Venkatesh Iyer, Avesh Khan, Shubham Sharma and Yash Dubey in the squad that won the Ranji Trophy title in June last year. Madhya Pradesh, the reigning Ranji champions (2021-22), were first to play in the Irani Cup at the start of the 2022-23 season. Rest of India Squad: Mayank Agarwal (Captain), Sudeep Kumar Gharami, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Harvik Desai, Mukesh Kumar, Atith Seth, Chetan Sakaria, Navdeep Saini, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Markandeya, Saurabh Kumar, Akash Deep, B Inderjit, Pulkit Narang and Yash Dhul. Madhya Pradesh Team: Himanshu Mantri (Captain), Rajat Patidar, Yash Dubey, Harsh Gawli, Shubham Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Akshat Raghuvanshi, Aman Solanki, Kumar Kartikeya, Saransh Jain, Avesh Khan, Ankit Kushwaha, Gaurav Yadav, Anubhav Agarwal, Mihir Hirwani.

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