Greater Noida, Sep 9 (CRICKETNMORE): The spotlight will be on India team cricketers Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Shikhar Dhawan, Stuart Binny and Amit Mishra as India Red take on India Blue in the Duleep Trophy final at the Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex here from Saturday. Kiwi pacer Mitchell McClenaghan to miss ODI series against India.
The four-day contest is expected to serve two important purposes for the India team regulars. It will provide them match practice ahead of the gruelling three-match Test series at home against New Zealand which starts on September 22.
It will also be a test of the pink ball as it will allow them to provide feedback to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after playing with it under floodlights. Vijay Goel to conduct post-mortem of India's Rio performance.
