NEW DELHI: The stage was set for India international stars Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill as they made their return to domestic cricket after a while.
All eyes were on India Test and ODI captain Rohit who was playing his first Ranji Trophy game for the defending champions in almost a decade.
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But the comeback turned out to be a damp squib as Rohit was dismissed for just 3 runs off 19 balls against Jammu and Kashmir at the Sharad Pawar Academy, BKC in Mumbai on Thursday.
Woefully out of form, Rohit had managed to score just 31 runs in three Tests in Australia, and is looking to regain touch before the ODIs against England and the Champions Trophy.
Not just that, Jaiswal too was dismissed cheaply before Rohit, as he was trapped leg before wicket by Auqib Nabi for 4 in the third over of the match.
12/2, soon became 30/3 as Mumbai captain Ajinkya Rahane was clean bowled by Umar Nazir for 12.
Shreyas Iyer, who has made a comeback to the Indian squad for the Champions Trophy, was dismissed next, caught Umar Nazir off Yudhvir Singh for 11.
In Delhi’s Group D game against Saurashtra in Rajkot, Rishabh Pant was caught by Prerak Mankad off DA Jadeja for just 1 run.
India’s newly appointed vice-captain for the England ODI series and the Champions Trophy, Shubman Gill was also dismissed cheaply while playing for Punjab against Karnataka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Punjab captain Gill managed just 4 runs before falling to Abhilash Shetty caught by KL Shrijith.
