Duleep Trophy Debutant Likely To Feature In India's Tour To Australia: Reports

Duleep Trophy 2024: India are in the crucial phase of their World Test Championship cycle. The are on the top spot, but they still have 10 Test matches to play. Five of the remaining ten matches are home games for Rohit Sharma and his side. India play two Test matches against Bangladesh and three against New Zealand before they jet off to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, later this year in November.

From KL Rahul , Rishabh Pant , Kuldeep Yadav to Dhruv Jurel and Riyan Parag, mostly all the top cricketers of the country are playing the Duleep Trophy, India's premier red ball tournament. India have a fifty days of Test cricket ahead of them and impressive performances in the Duleep Trophy might help these players get a place in the Indian team.

Musheer Khan To Travel To Australia With India A

Before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starts, India A will travel to Australia for a shadow tour. The series will comprise of three four-day Test matches. According to news agency PTI, Musheer Khan who scored an impressive 181 on his Duleep Trophy debut might travel to Australia and is in the selection committee's radar. The India A team will picked on the basis of Duleep Trophy performances.

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Musheer's Dream Duleep Trophy Debut

Sarfaraz Khan's brother Musheer Khan has been nothing but impressive in the ongoing Duleep Trophy. This is Musheer's first Duleep Trophy and his bat has done all the talking. It is being said that Sarfaraz's brother Musheer has caught India Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar's attention and might be a part of India A's team that will travel to Australia.

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Musheer Khan displayed an extraordinary temperament under pressure in the Duleep Trophy opener that was played between India A vs India B in Bengaluru. With wickets tumbling on the other end, Musheer maintained his calm and smashed a stellar 181 which is also his third first-class century. India B who were reeling on 94/7 ended up posting 321 runs on the board.