Karnataka skipper Mayank Agarwal is all to lead the Rest of India against Madhya Pradesh in the Irani cup at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior starting Wednesday. According to reports, Agarwal is set to captain a team as he captained the Karnataka team very well, he was also the skipper of Punjab Kings in 2022.

Mayank Agarwal was in fantastic form in the recently concluded Ranji Trophy season where he scored 990 runs in 13 innings, with a highest score of 249, and has guided Karnataka home on numerous occasions alone. Abhimanyu Easwaran, the Bengal opening batsman, will likely partner Agarwal at the top.

In the middle order, the Rest of India team has Sudip Kumar Gharami, Baba Indrajith, and Yash Dhull. One of Upendra Yadav or Desai will be behind the stumps. On the bowling front, the selectors have insisted on the likes of Bengal’s Akash Deep, Saurashtra’s Chetan Sakariya, Delhi’s Navdeep Saini, and Bengal’s Mukesh Kumar. Saurabh Kumar and Mayank Markande have found their spot in the squad as the spinners.

Sarfaraz Khan will not part of the squad, according to ESPNcricinfo, Sarfaraz, who has been phenomenal with the bat over the past three seasons, has been told to take 8-10 days off to recover from a finger injury he suffered while competing in the DY Patil T20 Cup in Mumbai.

Madhya Pradesh, the 2021-22 Ranji champion, Who lost in the semifinal against Bengal this season, is expected to be led by Rajat Patidar in the absence of regular skipper Aditya Shrivastava.

Mayank Agarwal Or Bhuvneshwar Kumar For Vice-Captaincy – Aiden Markram Answers

Aiden Markram, Mayank Agarwal, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were reportedly in the race to become the next captain of the team. And the South African pipped his teammates to replace Kane Williamson as Hyderabad’s skipper. When Markram was asked to reveal his vice-captaincy pick for the upcoming season

“That’s a tough one. I played under Mayank at King’s. He and I got on well. And if you look at the amount of experience someone like Bhuvi has, it is almost irreplaceable. So, to pick one would be difficult right now but I think both of them would nail it certainly, Markram Said

SunRisers Hyderabad will begin their IPL 2023 campaign against former winners Rajasthan Royals in the home game on Sunday, April 2nd. Under Markram’s leadership, Sunrisers will look for their 2nd title in IPL.