Ex-India captain Sunil Gavaskar said all India bowlers were rested and it's not easy to see which batter is good in the ongoing Duleep Trophy "as they would be playing basically second string bowlers". Notably, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja didn't participate in the tournament. Mohammad Shami is recovering from injury and didn't participate as well.