Duleep Trophy 2026

[tapandrun]

11 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

North zone has gone off the script by the look of it. It si only South Zone that strictly follows the old criteria. As far as Ranjhi goes i think they pick players from 5th division cricket i think. Deepesh and AMbrish will eventually play for TN. 

Yes, looks like that way. most Nz teams are trying to promote their younger players specially those who can not directly fit into ipl.

Dhull was Del ranji team captain, Saran was captaining pnj.  Their t20 players are selecting themselves into ipl and they are promoting ranji or long format newer player.

 

 

[Manucrick]

46 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

It is our mistake to follow this crap lol I looked up every individual. They are all Ranji stat performers of 2026.  Here is an example. Eden Apple Tom and Nidheesh both play for smae state. They went with one who had better stat. That's it.

 

https://www.cricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/ranji-trophy-2025-26-17372?team=1912

schoolboy logic from the south zone selectors. when i was in 1st standard   my elder brother and i used to play cricket trump cards  and i'd always grab the cards with higher stats and say  it's mine  a 6 year-old thinking bigger numbers automatically mean a superior player  south zone selectors do the exact same thing they look at one season's stat sheet and pick players without looking at age or actual caliber

[wanted_desi]

I think DSP might be over 35 years old. 

[wanted_desi]

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[wanted_desi]

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Edited September 6 by wanted_desi

[Suhaan]

They say , Tilak and Vaibhav had a spat today

Both came very close

[Suhaan]

1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said:

 Siraj 32 years old

Nidhees 35 years old

Chama milind 32 years old

Shreyas Gopal 33 years old

 

 

Legendary attack,legendary vision of Zonal selectors

[vvvslaxman]

31 minutes ago, Manucrick said:

schoolboy logic from the south zone selectors. when i was in 1st standard   my elder brother and i used to play cricket trump cards  and i'd always grab the cards with higher stats and say  it's mine  a 6 year-old thinking bigger numbers automatically mean a superior player  south zone selectors do the exact same thing they look at one season's stat sheet and pick players without looking at age or actual caliber

This Nideesh made his first class debut at the age of 25. That is somewhat late for first class career to start.

[tapandrun]

1 minute ago, vvvslaxman said:

This Nideesh made his first class debut at the age of 25. That is somewhat late for first class career to start.

Yes, but now its common. Getting 1st season when player is 23/24 after playing U-23 unless someone has played for Ind U-19.

 

Edited September 6 by tapandrun

[Vickydev]

53 minutes ago, wanted_desi said:

I think DSP might be over 35 years old. 

Cant be stressed enough, needs about 3 posts atleast

[cowboysfan]

pathetic bowling from SZ,toothless is the word .

[Manucrick]

17 minutes ago, cowboysfan said:

pathetic bowling from SZ,toothless is the word .

Looks at bowling attack school level even siraj look awful plus pitch is good for batting 

[tweaker]

EZ 419/4

 

Kishan.      136*

Kushagra.   71*

[tweaker]

Siraj 17 overs 109 runs 

[tweaker]

EZ 464/4

 

Kishan.      150*

Kushagra.   100*

[tweaker]

Kushagra gone for 101 runs

[singhvivek141]

16 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

This Nideesh made his first class debut at the age of 25. That is somewhat late for first class career to start.

 

I consider the loss of Sandeep Warrier as a big "L" by Kerala cricket..

He was a genuinely good bowler, probably even more potential than Prasidh. But for some reason, never got the same amount of backing. 

Poor chap even moved to TN, frustratingly and made an impact their. 

 

Based on the IPL backdoor videos, he seems like a good person, always encourgaing and motivating youngsters. Being happy with their success as his own...you wont find many such characters in Indian cricket. Suresh Raina, Md. Kaif were some of the others.

[tweaker]

4 minutes ago, singhvivek141 said:

even more potential than Prasidh.

If Prasidh was not playing for GT,I doubt he would have got so much chances 

[singhvivek141]

11 minutes ago, tweaker said:

If Prasidh was not playing for GT,I doubt he would have got so much chances 

GT did help in propelling his career...but he is playing IPL since 2018, was with KKR when Mavi & Nagarkoti were permanently injured.

Warrier was unlucky.

[govinda]

This vijay tripurana looks so mid saying this as co Teluguite