The Rest of India have announced their 15-member squad for their upcoming fixture of the Irani Cup against the reigning Ranji Trophy champions Saurashtra. Hanuma Vihari will lead the side, and the likes of Abhimanyu Easwaran, Priyank Panchal, Sarfaraz Khan, and Mayank Agarwal have also made the cut.

As per PTI, Ahmedabad and Kolkata will host the knockout stages of Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) respectively while the BCCI will conduct two Irani Cup ties over the next months. SMAT will begin on October 11 while the Vijay Hazare Trophy will get underway on November 12.

Veteran batsman Wasim Jaffer hopes that Ranji Trophy will have sporting pitches for this season with teams batting first scoring 300-350, instead of posting 500-plus scores. Jaffer has also added that a sporting pitch will help the national selectors make the right estimates about players.

The Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) has become the latest Ranji Trophy team to approach the former Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) coach Chandrakant Pandit to take up the coaching Job. Pandit has become the most in-demand coach after his midas touch took Vidarbha to consecutive Ranji wins.