Duleep Trophy: Star India Cricketer from East Zone Team ahead of West Indies Test Series

Ishan Kishan had told the selectors that he is not interested in playing Duleep Trophy. Abhimanyu Easwaran will lead East Zone in the tournament.

Ishan Kishan did not make the playing XI for WTC Final 2023. (Photo: Twitter)

New Delhi: Ishan Kishan appeared coy about a possible Test career after the wicketkeeper batter signed out of the East Zone team for the Duleep Trophy tournament with a run in the West Indies within a month.

India A skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran will lead the side, while former India spinner Shahbaz Nadeem will be his deputy.

But East Zone voters were stunned to learn that Kishan did not want to play in the first-class tournament held just before the two-Test series in the Caribbean that begins July 12.

“Since he was in the Indian squad for the WTC final and KS Bharat, the wicket keeper, plays for South Zone, we asked the chairman of the zone selection committee, Debasish Chakraborty, to tell us if we could get Kishan select,” said a member of the East Zone selection committee. MOT.

“As he is a regular in India’s white ball, he would have been given the captain’s armband. Chakraborty contacted Ishan by phone and came back and told us that he is not interested in playing Duleep Trophy. There is no us told if he has an injury or not, only that he doesn’t want to play,” said the selector.

It was learned that as soon as Kishan conveyed his decision, Tripura voter Jayanta Dey Wriddhiman wanted Saha and he was also contacted. “To be fair to Wriddhiman, he said the Duleep Trophy is hopeful for India. If I never play for India, there is no point in preventing a young person from joining a cause.

“That’s why we chose Abhishek Porel, who was the third choice,” he added. There was a minor controversy because Niraj Singh, the Bihar representative who attended the selection committee meeting, was an administrator and not a former cricketer.

Selection: Abhimanyu Easwaran (capt), Santanu Mishra, Sudip Gharami, Riyan Parag, Anustup Majumdar, Bipin Saurabh, Avishek Porel (wk), K Kushagra (wk), Shahbaz Nadeem (vc), Shahbaz Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Anukul Roy , Mura Singh, Ishan Porel.