Overview

• The Duleep Trophy starts August 28 in Bengaluru with North Zone facing East Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence ground.
• North Zone had already named Shubham Rohilla as Gill’s replacement when the squad was announced.
• Asia Cup-bound pacers Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana are expected to play only the first round, with Gurnoor Brar and Anuj Thakral designated for subsequent matches.
• Abhimanyu Easwaran will captain East Zone after Ishan Kishan was ruled out of the quarterfinal due to injury.
• Bengal pacer Akash Deep is unavailable because of fitness issues, while Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar are set to play for East Zone.