NINETEEN - that is how many capped India Test players will be in action in the opening round of Duleep Trophy that begins on Thursday. From the outset, it might seem like a random number, but nothing signifies the tournament and where the Indian Test team is at the moment like that number.
This is no exaggeration. The last time the number of India Test players in a Duleep Trophy touched double digits was in 2016 (10). Since then, it has been anywhere between three to nine over the past five seasons (there was no Duleep Trophy in 2020-21 and 2021-22 because of the COVID-19 pandemic). And there is a good reason for it. With India's mainstays predominantly playing all three formats from 2013 to 2022, they barely played any domestic cricket, especially in the longer format.
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