Karnataka Squad Announced for Ranji Trophy 2024-25, KL Rahul Returns

Karnataka Squad Ranji Trophy: Today on Monday, 27 January, the Karnataka State Cricket Association has announced the Karnataka team for the Ranji match starting from January 30.

Karnataka Announces Ranji Trophy Squad

Let us tell you that the command of the team has been handed over to Mayank Agarwal, under whose captaincy Karnataka recently won the Vijay Hazare tournament.

Also, experienced Indian wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul has also got a place in the Karnataka Ranji team for this match.

After a long time, Rahul will be seen playing a Ranji match for Karnataka. This will be the first innings in five years when Rahul is going to play a Ranji Trophy match.

So at the same time, this match is not going to be easy for Karnataka. Because from January 30, he is going to face table topper Haryana.

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KL Rahul Returns to Ranji Cricket After Five Years

However, after the end of the five-match Border-Gavaskar series against Australia, Rahul had an elbow problem. Currently, he is undergoing rehab and is expected to be fit before the match against Haryana begins. Also, let us tell you that experienced all-rounder Shreyas Gopal has been made the vice-captain of the team.

Vidwat Kaverappa has also returned to the team, which has made the pace attack of the team a little stronger. On the other hand, if Karnataka has to go to the next stage of the Ranji Trophy, then it will have to win this match with bonus points. Only after this, Karnataka can enter the next round of Ranji Trophy.

Karnataka Squad for Ranji Trophy

Mayank Agarwal (captain), KL Rahul, Shreyas Gopal (vice-captain), Devdutt Padikkal, KV Anish, R Smaran, KL Sreejith (wicketkeeper), Naveen Manohar, Holi Raj, Prasidh Krishna, Vidwat Kaverappa, Vasuki Koop, Abhilash Developer, Yashovardhan Prantap, Nikkin Jose, Sujay Sateri (wicketkeeper) and Mohsin Khan.