Mayank Markande ruled out of Irani Cup due to injury, Shams Mulani named replacement

The All-India Senior Selection Committee on Tuesday has named all-rounder Shams Mulani as a replacement for injured Mayank Markande in the Rest of India (RoI) squad for the Irani Cup 2023, starting from Wednesday in Gwalior.

Mayank Markande injured his right index finger during training and has been ruled out of the tournament.

In the recently concluded Ranji Trophy 2022-23 season, 25-year-old Mulani took 46 wickets from 7 matches, averaging 23.89 with best figures of 7/94 in an inning against Hyderabad.

The Rest of India (RoI) will play 2021-22 Ranji Trophy Champions Madhya Pradesh from March 1-5, 2023 at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior.

Updated RoI squad: Mayank Agarwal (Captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yash Dhull, Baba Indrajith, Upendra Yadav (wk), Atit Sheth, Saurabh Kumar, Harvik Desai, Navdeep Saini, Mukesh Kumar, Chetan Sakariya, Akash Deep, Shams Mulani, Pulkit Narang, Sudip Kumar Gharam.

Madhya Pradesh squad: Himanshu Mantri (Captain) (WK), Rajat Patidar, Yash Dubey, Harsh Gawli, Shubham Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Aman Solanki, Kumar Kartikeya, Saransh Jain, Avesh Khan, Ankit Kushwah, Gaurav Yadav, Anubhav Agarwal, Mihir Hirwani.