The Jharkhand State Cricket Association announced their team for the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season on Wednesday, October 9. The star batter Ishan Kishan has been named captain to lead the team in India’s premier First-Class tournament starting on October 11.
The 26-year-old famously withdrew his name from the last edition squad which reportedly triggered the BCCI to drop him from the central contracts list. After the BCCI’s strict push for the non-selected players to play domestic cricket regularly, the wicketkeeper batter recently returned to First-Class cricket and featured in the Duleep Trophy and Iran Cup fixtures.
Ishan succeeded the veteran Saurabh Tiwary as Jharkhand captain after the latter announced a retirement at the end of the last season.
“Ishan is an experienced player and he has international experience,” Jharkhand’s selection committee chairman Subroto Das said. “We have picked a very young team. Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem and Varun Aaron had all retired after last season so we had to rethink our strategy. Ishan is capable of leading this young side and we’re confident of doing well this Ranji season.”
Jharkhand squad for Ranji Trophy 2024-25
Ishan Kishan (c), Virat Singh (vc), Kumar Kushagra (wk), Nazim Siddique, Aryaman Sen, Sharandeep Singh, Kumar Suraj, Anukul Roy, Utkarsh Singh, Supriyo Chakraborty, Saurabh Shekhar, Vikas Kumar, Vivekanand Tiwary, Manishi, Ravi Kumar Yadav and Raunak Kumar.
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