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Source: India Today
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Leading the Indian team in the current Twenty20 International series against Bangladesh is Suryakumar Yadav. The squad has already won the series 2-0 under his leadership, and the third Twenty20 International is set for October 12. The skipper of the India T20I team may go right into the Mumbai team for their second Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra following the series.
The defending champions, Mumbai, will face Maharashtra in the second round, which is scheduled to begin on October 18. Suryakumar has declared himself eligible for selection, and should all go according to plan, he will play for Mumbai in the local match.
Suryakumar Yadav boosts Mumbai:
According to an MCA source cited by The Indian Express, "He has informed the MCA that he will be part of the Ranji Trophy team which will play against Maharashtra."
Suryakumar Yadav to play the 2nd Ranji Trophy match for Mumbai against Maharashtra. (Gaurav Gupta). pic.twitter.com/ga8mtkJnXn
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 10, 2024
This season, the Ranji Trophy is split into two parts, with the Vijay Hazare Trophy (50 overs) and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20) in between the hectic schedule. The decision was made with the unfavorable weather in northern India in mind as well as the need to lighten the players' burden.
It is noteworthy that former cricket stars Rahul Dravid and Shardul Thakur have drawn attention to the players' heavy workload. They jokingly said that there should be much less rest time between matches—three days. With the new season, the BCCI has chosen to maintain a four-day gap between a given team's Ranji matches.
According to Thakur, who played the match seven or eight years ago, "There will be a lot of injuries nationwide if guys continue to play like way for two more seasons. They [the BCCI] need to take another look at it and give it more of a rest the following year. The first three games of the Ranji Trophy used to have a three-day break, followed by a four-day break, and the knockout stages involved five-day pauses.
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