Premier India pacer Mohammed Shami remained sidelined with an ankle damage, whereas the veteran duo of Wriddhiman Saha and Sudip Chatterjee returned to the Bengal Ranji aspect for his or her first two matches. Shami, who final featured within the 2023 ODI World Cup remaining, has been recovering from a surgical procedure carried out earlier this 12 months.
Shami had expressed curiosity in taking part in home cricket to evaluate his health earlier than making his return to the worldwide area.
“If I must play home cricket to check my health, I’ll,” Shami had said.
“What issues most is that I’m absolutely prepared for no matter comes subsequent, whatever the opposition or format.” Saha, who made his Bengal debut in 2007, had joined Tripura as a mentor and participant following a fallout with the Cricket Affiliation of Bengal officers in 2022.
Beneath the management of captain Anustup Majumdar, the 19-member squad has departed for Lucknow, the place they may face Uttar Pradesh of their opening match on October 11. Bengal will then host Bihar within the second spherical.
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.
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