Rahul Tiwari
khelja|29-01-2025
The Champions Trophy is no longer far away. In the next 3 weeks, Team India will land on the ground and claim for the title. Before this tournament, however, Team India is worried about the fitness of its star fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah. The ICC Player of the Year 2024 selected Bumrah is suffering from a back injury and the situation is still not clear about his playing. But Team India is also getting some relief news because star fast bowler Mohammad Shami has returned and now after him spinner Kuldeep Yadav is also fit on the field.
Left arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who has been running away from international and domestic cricket due to injury for the last 4 months, is making a comeback before the Champions Trophy. Kuldeep is also returning from the same format and tournament, in which Virat Kohli will be seen playing. Yes, like Virat, Kuldeep Yadav is also going to play Ranji Trophy. Kuldeep has been included in the 15 -member squad of Uttar Pradesh.
The last match of the group stage of Ranji Trophy will start from Thursday 30 January, in which Virat Kohli is coming down to play from Delhi, while KL Rahul will play for Karnataka and Mohammad Siraj Hyderabad. Similarly, star spinner Kuldeep will also step on the field on behalf of his Uttar Pradesh team. Uttar Pradesh will face Madhya Pradesh. Although the playing XI has not been announced at the moment, but it is believed that if Kuldeep is available for this match then he will play the match. Both teams are out of the knock out race. In such a situation, this match will be a good chance to check Kuldeep's match fitness.
Kuldeep played his previous match against New Zealand in October 2024. Kuldeep could not return since that Test match played in Bengaluru as he had to undergo hernia surgery. Due to this, he was not even a part of the Test series on the tour of Australia. He has got a place in the ODI series against England and the Squad of the Champions Trophy. In such a situation, the match of Ranji Trophy before this is a good chance to check their fitness and rhythm.