The spinner Kuldeep Yadav has been named in the UP Squad (Uttar Pradesh) for their final Ranji Trophy league stage match against Madhya Pradesh.
He is set to make a return after a hernia surgery and hasn’t played competitive cricket since October 2024. His last appearance for India comes from the first test against New Zealand in Bengaluru.
With both Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh out of the knockout race, the match will give Kuldeep Yadav to assess his fitness ahead of the three-match ODI series in England tour of India 2025.
He was also named in the India’s Champions Trophy 2025 squad which is set to begin on February 19. He thanked the NCA staff on social media for their help in his recovery.
Recovery takes a team. Grateful to the NCA and it’s team for all the work behind the scenes! 💪🏻🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/dHhwngvpaG
— Kuldeep yadav (@imkuldeep18) January 27, 2025
Apart from Kuldeep Yadav, several other India players, including Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Riyan Parag will also be in action in the last league round of the Ranji Trophy.
Virat Kohli has already joined Delhi teammates for practice session and is set to play his first Ranji Trophy game in over a decade. He will be one to watch out for as the cricketers struggled to find runs in Test cricket off late.
KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Riyan Parag will also feature in the last round. Rahul will represent Karnataka while Jadeja’s Saurashtra will be taking on Assam in the last round.
Jadeja made an sensational performance in his previous match, claiming 12 wickets which is a positive sign ahead of the Champions Trophy.
Uttar Pradesh Squad: Aryan Juyal (c,wk), Karan Sharma, Abhishek Goswami, Madhav Kaushik, Priyam Garg, Rituraj Sharma, Aaditya Sharma (wk), Shivam Mavi, Saurabh Kumar, Shivam Sharma, Kritagya Kumar Singh, Vijay Kumar, Atal Bihari Rai, Vaibhav Chaudhary, Zeeshan Ansari, Kartikeya Jaiswal, Kartik Tyagi, Kuldeep Yadav
