Ranji: How will UP team find a replacement for Rinku vs Odisha leave for this big series – ranji trophy on vs odisha match rinku singh replacement

Updated: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:12 (IST) The second match of Ranji Trophy will be held between Uttar Pradesh and Odisha at Green Park Stadium from 25 October. UP drew against Andhra Pradesh at home, where Rinku Singh avoided defeat by giving a lead in the first innings. Jagran Correspondent, Kanpur. The second match of BCCI’s Ranji Trophy home series will be played at the Green Park Stadium from October 25. Uttar Pradesh will face Odisha. At home, the team from Uttar Pradesh drew with Andhra Pradesh. Then Rinku Singh gave the lead on the basis of first innings by saving the Uttar Pradesh team from defeat. Remove Advertisement Just Read News Now he will not be seen in the field in the second match against Odisha. Rinku has been included in the Indian squad for the T-20 series to be held in Australia. For this he left for Australia. It will be challenging for Uttar Pradesh to find a replacement for Rinku in the home series. However, the team management may include Prashantveer in the squad to support the spinner Vipraraj who shone in the first match. Prashant is adept at batting in the middle order along with spin bowling. Coaches busy with preparations: At Green Park Stadium on Thursday at 10:30 am, the players of the Uttar Pradesh team met the head coach Arvind Kapoor and assistant coach Mohd. Preparations were made under the supervision of Aamir. Captain Karan Sharma along with Aryan Juyal, Aaradhya Yadav, Abhishek Goswami, Priyam Garg and Madhav Kaushik practiced for about two hours on the balls of bowlers Aaqib Khan, Vaibhav Chaudhary, Vipraraj Nigam, Shivam Mavi, Vijay Kumar. Sending players to the nets one by one, the head coach and assistant coach tested the players’ abilities and looked for a replacement for Rinku Singh. On the other hand, the players of the visiting team Odisha have been training hard with captain Shubhranshu Senapati and vice-captain Swastik. The captain and vice-captain assessed the support provided by the field. Odisha team’s batsmen tested the help provided by the spin-friendly pitch at Green Park. At the nets, Odisha players Anil, Badal, Gaurav Chaudhary, Rajesh Dhupar, Govind, Sunil Raul and Ashirwad prepared well by practicing hard before the bounce and spin of the pitch.