Ishan Kishan named in Rest of India squad for Irani Cup 

Ishan Kishan’s return to test cricket continues to gain steam with him being picked for the Rest of India's squad for the Iran Cup, which will be played in Lucknow from October 1 to 5. 

Besides Kishan Dhruv Jurel is the other wicketkeeper picked subject to India not selecting him for the second test against Bangladesh, slated from September 27 to October 1 in Kanpur. 

Left-arm pacer Yash Dayal and attacking middle-order batter Sarfaraz who are also part of the Test squad have been named in the Rest of India and Mumbai squads respectively, with the same limitation. 

Squads for the Irani Cup

Rest of India: Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vice-capt), B Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (wk)*, Ishan Kishan (wk), Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal*, Ricky Bhui, Shashwat Rawat, Khaleel Ahmed, Rahul Chahar.

Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Musheer Khan, Sarfaraz Khan*, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore (wk), Sidhaant Addhatrao (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Mohammad Juned Khan, Royston Dias.

*Picked for Iran Cup subject to not being named in India XI in Kanpur Test.