The Delhi District Cricket Affiliation (DDCA) has introduced the squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025, which can start on Wednesday (November 26).
The choice committee of the Delhi and District Cricket Affiliation (DDCA) has controversially dominated out star leg-spinner Digvesh Rati from the T20 event.
DDCA ignores Digvesh Rati in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025
Just lately, Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) confirmed religion in Digvesh Rati after his spectacular debut season earlier this 12 months and retained the spinner for the upcoming IPL 2026 as properly. Nevertheless, the Delhi selectors felt that Rati was not wanted for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025.
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The DDCA transfer shocked many. Digvesh Rathi has performed 15 T20s up to now and scalped 17 wickets at a mean of 26.35, financial system charge of seven.59 and strike charge of 20.8. In IPL 2025, the leg-spinner performed 13 matches for Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) and took 14 wickets.
Nitish Rana appointed as Delhi captain for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025
In the meantime, DDCA has named senior batsman Nitish Rana because the Delhi captain for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025. Rana, who just lately transferred from Uttar Pradesh, is ready to play for Delhi Capitals (DC) in IPL 2026 as properly, a transfer that additionally helped him turn into the captain.
Ayush Badni, who has led the Delhi group in a number of codecs, can be a part of the SMAT group. Veteran pacers Ishant Sharma and Navdeep Saini have additionally been named, however their availability will rely upon their health as each are recovering from accidents sustained within the BCCI CoE.
Harshit Rana’s availability can be unsure, as he’s anticipated to characteristic within the upcoming three ODI sequence and 5 T20I sequence in opposition to South Africa at residence. Younger abilities like Priyanshu Arya and leg-spinner Suyash Sharma are additionally anticipated to take part within the event. Different key gamers embody Simarjeet Singh, Anuj Rawat and Prince Yadav, a lot of whom have IPL expertise.
Digvesh Rati ignored in SMAT 2025 after altercation with Nitish Rana!!
Specifically, Nitish Rana continued his good kind from the Delhi Premier League 2025 (DPL 2025), scoring 134*, 45*, and 79*, serving to West Delhi Lions win the title. The event additionally noticed some heated exchanges between Rana and Digvesh Rati, however he’s presently not a part of the SMAT group.
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Now, the Delhi administration and selectors together with Yashpal Singh, Okay Bhaskar Pillai, Manu Nayyar, head coach Sarandeep Singh, CAC president Vijay Dahiya and DDCA secretary Ashok Sharma have backed Rana as captain for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025.
Delhi are included in elite Group D together with Jharkhand, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Saurashtra and Tripura, and all matches shall be performed in Ahmedabad. A Delhi group has received the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy solely as soon as, again within the 2017-18 season below coach Pradeep Sangwan.
The Delhi group for SMAT 2025 is:
Nitish Rana (C), Arpit Rana, Priyanshu Arya, Sarthak Ranjan, Ayush Badni, Ayush Doseja, Mayank Rawat, Tejasvi, Anuj Rawat, Yash Dul, Himmat Singh, Rohan Rana, Do Urv Kaushik, Aaryan Rana, Vaibhav Kampal, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Dugga, Yash Bhatia, Ankit Rajesh Kumar, Harsh Tyagi, Suyash Sharma, Prince Yadav, Mane Grewal.
Topic to availability: Ishant Sharma, Harshit Rana, Navdeep Saini.
Digvesh Rati is nice sufficient for LSG to maintain him, however by some means not ok for the Delhi selectors. #cricketTwitter https://t.co/8Kt1iuai1V
— Pratyush Raj (@pratyush93_raj) November 22, 2025
