Ranji Trophy: Shubman Gill vs Ravindra Jadeja: Battle of greats of Team India will be seen in Ranji

New Delhi. There will be a battle between the greats of Team India in Ranji Trophy. The second phase of Ranji Trophy is starting from Thursday in which all eyes will be on Indian Test team captain Shubman Gill, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and fast bowler Mohammad Siraj. Gill will take the field against Saurashtra on behalf of Punjab, while Mohammad Siraj will take the field against 42-time champion Mumbai as the captain of Hyderabad. Instead of taking rest after the ODI series against New Zealand, Gill has decided to play for Punjab in the important Group B match against Saurashtra. After India’s 1-2 defeat in the ODI series against New Zealand, Gill went straight to Rajkot, where he could face national teammate and Saurashtra all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. This match is very important for both the teams.

Saurashtra is at fourth position with 13 points and Punjab is at sixth position. In this group, Karnataka is at the top with 21 points and Maharashtra is three points behind it. Everyone’s eyes will also be on another player of the Indian team, Mohammad Siraj, who is going to play his first match as the captain of Hyderabad on his home ground. Siraj will replace G Rahul Singh as captain and will captain Hyderabad against 42-time champion Mumbai in Group D.

Ravindra Jadeja will be in front of Shubman Gill.

Mumbai tops the group with three wins in five matches

This will also be his first Ranji match this season. Mumbai tops the group with three wins in five matches. The team will play without Ajinkya Rahane, who has declared himself unavailable. He also resigned from the captaincy at the beginning of the season. Mumbai team will play under the captaincy of Shardul Thakur. Apart from these, Jammu and Kashmir is the only team from the group which is still in the race to reach the knockout. KL Rahul will also strengthen the Karnataka team against Madhya Pradesh in Aloor, which will further increase the chances of the top team of Group B reaching the quarter-finals.

Nitish Kumar Reddy will play for Andhra Pradesh

Nitish Kumar Reddy will play for Andhra Pradesh against Vijay Hazare Trophy champion Vidarbha in Anantapur. Wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant, who was injured before the ODI against New Zealand, will not be able to play in the Ranji Trophy match for Delhi because he is on rehabilitation to recover from the injury. Bengal, which tops Group C with 23 points, will host second-ranked Army at the Kalyani Stadium near Kolkata. Bengal will enter this match with a lead of four points.

There will be two rounds of matches in the second phase of Ranji Trophy.

There will be two rounds of matches in the second phase of Ranji Trophy, followed by the quarter-finals which will start from February 6. There will be knockout matches along with the T20 World Cup. The final will be played between 24 and 28 February. The top two teams in each of the four elite groups will qualify for the quarter-finals.