Ranji Trophy 2024-25: Aryan Juyal leads as UP announce squad

The team for the forthcoming Ranji Trophy has been announced by the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association or UPCA. The UP team's debut match versus Bengal is scheduled for October 11 at Lucknow's Ekana International Cricket Stadium. The UPCA selection committee chose a strong group of 22 players, six of them were reserve players. It is noteworthy that due to his foreign engagements, Rinku Singh would not be available for the Ranji Trophy's first round. 

Priyam Garg, Nitish Rana, and Akshdeep Nath, among others, will compete for Uttar Pradesh in the competition. The man selected to lead the side is Aryan Juyal. Kuldeep Yadav, Dhruv Jurel, and veteran pacer Bhuvaneshwar Kumar have also not been included in the squad. While Kuldeep and Dhruv are anticipated to play shortly for India in the forthcoming three-game Test series against New Zealand, Bhuvaneshwar wants to concentrate just on white-ball cricket. 

UP squad for Ranji Trophy:

UP announced their Ranji Trophy squad.

-Aryan Juyal has been appointed as Captain.

-Swastik Chikara will make his FC debut

-Leg spiner Vipraj Nigam and AR Kritagya Singh have been included in squad after brilliant U23 and UPT20 performance.

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Regarding captain Juyal, the 22-year-old recently discussed the duties that come with guiding Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy. "I've been handed a significant duty. I captained a match last season against Kerala in which I scored a century and the United Province came out on top. The team has more youthful players this time around, so we'll try our hardest with a different strategy," Juyal told the Times of India. 

UP Team for the 2024–2025 Ranji Trophy:

Aryan Juyal (C) (WK), Swastik Chikara, Priyam Garg, Akshdeep Nath, Nitish Rana, Saurabh Kumar, Ankit Rajpoot, Aaqib Khan, Vipraj Nigam, Yash Dayal, Shivam Sharma, Siddhartha Yadav, Madhav Kaushik, Vijay Kumar, Aaditya Sharma (WK), Kritagya Singh.

Standby: Atal Bihari Rai, Prince Yadav, Abhishek Goswami, Vineet Panwar, Vaibhav Chaudhary, Kartikey Jaiswal

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