While Indian pacer Mohammed Shami was nursing an ankle injury, the experienced pair Wriddhiman Saha and Sudip Chatterjee, made a comeback to the Bengal Ranji team for the first two encounters. Shami, who last played in the World Cup and assisted the Indian team during the last World Cup, has been on the mend soaking up the cause of the surgery he underwent this year.
Shami had voiced his desire to play domestic tournaments first for the purposes of gauging his level of fitness before returning to international cricket.
If playing a few domestic games is what it takes to test my match fitness, then I shall,” Shami had said.
What counts the most is that I am primed for whatever is next, whether it is regarding any team or any format,” Saha, who last played for Bengal in the year 2007, had moved to Tripura as a player cum coach after having differences with the Cricket Association of Bengal politicians in 2022.
Led by captain Anustup Majumdar, the 19-member contingent has left for Lucknow to take on Uttar Pradesh in their first match of the tournament on October 11, followed by a second match against Bihar to be played in Bengal.
Squad: Anustup Majumdar (captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sudip Gharami, Sudip Chatterjee, Wriddhiman Saha, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abishek Porel, Writtick Chatterjee, Avilin Ghosh, Shuvam Dey, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Suraj Jaiswal, Mohd Kaif, Pradipta Pramanik, Aamir Gani, Yudhajit Guha, Rohit Kumar and Rishav Vivek.
