Iranian Cup: While on one hand Team India was busy playing the second Test with Bangladesh in Kanpur, on the other hand a fierce competition is being seen in the Irani Cup in Lucknow. Let us tell you that this match being played between Mumbai and Rest of India seems to be taking an interesting turn on the very first day.

In this match, a promising Indian fast bowler bowled amazingly for the rest of India, who was dropped from the Bangladesh Test series by Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir. Let us know in detail further in this article which player we are talking about.

Indian bowler created havoc in Irani Cup

Actually, the name of the player we are talking about is Mukesh Kumar. Playing for Rest of India, the right arm fast bowler has shown lethal bowling. The 30-year-old cricketer has taken a total of three wickets for 60 runs in his spell of 14 overs. This includes the wickets of Prithvi Shaw, Hardik Tamar and Ayush Mhatre. During this period, Mukesh has bowled only one wide ball and one no-ball.

Mukesh Kumar's brilliant bowling has kept the Rest of India team in the contest. If we look at the scorecard of this match, Rest of India captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and chose to bowl first. Mumbai team, which came to play first, had scored 237 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in the first innings till the time of writing the news. Ajinkya Rahane (86) and Sarfaraz Khan (54) are at the crease.

Were dropped in Bangladesh test series

Mukesh Kumar was dropped from the Bangladesh Test series. Let us tell you that he was a part of Team India during the last Test series against England. The right-arm pacer has a total of 7 wickets in his name in 3 matches.

After Duleep Trophy, now Mukesh is sweating profusely in Irani Cup also. Let us tell you that the 30-year-old player was not included in the squad even for the T20 series against Bangladesh. Head coach Gautam Gambhir has given preference to Harshit Rana in his place. Let us tell you that Gambhir has worked with Harshit for KKR in IPL 2024.