Gambhir to decide if Sooryavanshi, Varma, Kishan play Duleep Trophy final
Gautam Gambhir to decide Duleep Trophy final availability for Sooryavanshi, Varma and Kishan.
Head coach Gautam Gambhir will determine whether Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Tilak Varma and Ishan Kishan are available for the Duleep Trophy final. The three India T20I players could miss the match between South Zone and East Zone in Chennai starting Sunday.
KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal and Mohammed Siraj have been added to the South Zone squad after returning from India's Test series in Sri Lanka. South Zone has won the title 13 times, most recently in 2023.
East Zone last reached the final in the 2012-13 season. The match will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
CricHubb Take
The coach's call will test how much weight domestic red-ball cricket carries when it overlaps with India's T20I calendar. A decision to rest the three players would signal that white-ball preparation takes precedence even for a domestic final.