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Star players of Team India like KL Rahul, Akshar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja are not playing the Dalip Trophy. This is not the first time that star players are reluctant to play domestic cricket. Earlier, star players like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar have also skipped domestic tournaments.
In the story, we will know why the last Team India’s star players play domestic cricket less?
Which star players are not playing the Duleep Trophy this time? Players of Team India like KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Mohammad Siraj, Jaspreet Bumrah, Akshar Patel, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Karun Nair, Sai Sudarshan and the famous Krishna are not playing domestic tournaments. All are fit. All the players except Akshar, Surya and Hardik were also part of the team during the Test series in England. Despite this, they were not included in the squad of the Dalip Trophy. While the team’s Test captain Shubman Gill was also given the command of North Zone. However, he could not play the match due to illness.
Ishaan Kishan, Akashdeep, Dhruv Jurael, Abhimanyu Ishwar, Nitish Reddy and Rishabh Pant could not be included due to injury or disease. However, there was no specific reason from BCCI or State Board why the rest of the players were excluded or why they could not play the tournament.
BCCI is strict at not playing domestic cricket Ishaan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer decided to rest in the domestic season of 2023-24. Shreyas was unfit, while Ishaan asked for a rest. After skipping the domestic season, both the players were dropped from the Central Contract by BCCI. Both started playing domestic cricket again.
Shreyas returned to the team and also became a part of the Champions Trophy winning team, but Ishaan could not manage to return to Team India so far. Now due to injury, he could not even be a part of the Dalip Trophy this time. Shreyas will definitely be seen playing semi -finals from West Zone.
Virat played the last Dalip Trophy match in 2016, Rohit in 2016 This is not the first time that Team India’s star players are skipping domestic tournaments. Rohit Sharma, who retired from Test cricket in May this year, played the last Dalip Trophy match for 9 years, while Virat Kohli 15 years ago. Virat was last captaining the North Zone in 2010, while in 2016, Rohit played under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir on behalf of India Blue. Former captain MS Dhoni also played very few home matches after becoming the captain of Team India.
Sachin Tendulkar also holds a record of playing only 8 Dalip Trophy matches. He retired from international cricket in 2013, but played the last Dalip Trophy match in 2005. However, Sachin had played the Ranji Trophy match for Mumbai before his retirement. Virat and Rohit also played a Ranji match with their home team this year before the Test retirement.
Know why star players don’t play domestic cricket in 3 reasons?
Reason -1: International Cricket’s busy schedule Most star players play all three formats for Team India. The schedule of international cricket is very busy these days. This time too, the Asia Cup will end on September 28, after 3 days, the team has to play a Test series against the West Indies. After which there will be a series from Australia and then South Africa. That is, there is very little time for rest and break.
After the arrival of IPL and T20 cricket, the schedule started becoming very busy. As of 2019, the matches were very few in the T20 series, but now most of the series have 3 to 5 matches. The number of ODIs definitely decreased, but due to international and IPL, players play a lot more matches throughout the year. Those who do not play Indian players match, they also continue to travel with the squad.
Due to the busy schedule, domestic cricket skipas pay attention to resting the players. The team management also asks them to rest several times. Players are also saved from injury by not playing in the domestic tournament. Many times the players are suggested not to play home matches before the big tournament, so that they are available in big matches. Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Siraj, Jaspreet Bumrah and the famous Krishna have also been rested for the Dalip Trophy.
Reason-2: Lack of competition in domestic cricket Players, who have been playing international cricket for a long time, often face difficult competition. The current batsmen include world class players like Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Kagiso Rabada, Shaheen Afridi. At the same time, the level of bowlers and batsmen in the domestic tournament is not of international level. That is why players skip these tournaments and pay more attention to self practice.
Reason-3: Giving new players a chance For the current Dalip Trophy, South Zone did not place Indian players like KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Sai Sudarshan and Karun Nair in the squad. According to media reports, after the team announced, BCCI asked Zone to include international players, but Joan did not do so. The board of South Zone said that they want to give young and new players a chance to show their talent. Also, international players also need rest.
Yashasvi’s debut made only after shining in domestic tournament Where some star players shy away from playing domestic cricket. At the same time, players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan and Wasim Jafar made a place in Team India on the basis of excellent performance in domestic cricket.
Yashasvi scored a century during a debut match in the Ranji Trophy, Iranian Cup and Dalip Trophy. After which he got an entry in Team India. On the other hand, Jafar may not play more matches than India, but he had repeatedly made it to Team India on the basis of performance in domestic cricket. Aggarwal was also able to play 21 Tests from Team India on the basis of performance in domestic cricket.