Duleep Trophy 2024: 3 Players to Watch Out for in Round Two

The second round of Duleep Trophy will begin on September 12. India A will challenge the D squad at Rural Development Trust Stadium, while India B will play C at Rural Development Trust Stadium B in Anantapur. In the opening game, both India A and D suffered a defeat and will be hoping to make a comeback, while both B and C registered a win and the goal will be to continue with the same momentum.

Meanwhile, multiple India cricketers like Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yash Dayal, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel and Akash Deep among a few others have left their respective Duleep Trophy squads to join the Indian camp in Chennai for the upcoming Bangladesh Test series. Sarfaraz Khan is the only cricketer who has been named in the India squad but will also be featured in the second round of the domestic tournament.

Meanwhile, the spotlight will be on multiple cricketers in the second round. Out of which, there are three cricketers on which, the BCCI selectors will keep a close eye as they are very much in the scheme of things as far as Test cricket is concerned.

Here are three players to watch out for in Duleep Trophy Round 2:

3. Sarfaraz Khan

Sarfaraz Khan has done well in domestic cricket, which helped the cricketer earn a call-up during the Test series against England. He impressed the team management in the three matches that he played, scoring 200 runs at an average of 50. Courtesy of which, the Mumbai batter was one of the players to watch out for in the first game, but he could score only nine and 46 runs in the first and second innings, respectively.

That helped him seal his spot in the Test team for the Bangladesh series, but the cricketer is currently behind KL Rahul in the pecking order. As per reports, Rahul will be playing the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai as Sarfaraz will be a backup option.

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The 26-year-old has a good chance to prove himself in the upcoming fixture and force the team management to think otherwise. Rahul, India’s first-choice player for the number five position, didn’t do very well in the first round either. He scored a half-century, but it went in vain as his team, India A lost the game by 76 runs. Sarfaraz has the opportunity to impress the management with a match-winning innings.