Kohli, Rohit set to miss Duleep Trophy

Delhi, Aug 12: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, and Jasprit Bumrah will not be available for India’s season-opening Duleep Trophy, which begins on September 5 as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.The teams for the tournament will be selected later this month by the panel led by Ajit Agarkar. However, most of the other centrally contracted players are expected to participate in the four-team competition.Among the players who will draw significant attention are KL Rahul, who missed four of the five Tests against England earlier this year due to injury, and Rishabh Pant, who might be playing his first red-ball match since fully recovering from a car accident in December 2022.Other specialist batters likely to be selected across the four teams include Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Suryakumar Yadav, and Rajat Patidar.