The season-opener for Bengal was moved to Kalyani from Kolkata’s iconic Eden Gardens, which will host Prime Minister Narendra Modi to kick off the Durga Puja festivities starting with Mahalaya on October 10. Porel was recently granted bail in a rape case and has been included in the squad led by Abhimanyu Easwaran to face Delhi, in their Elite Group C match to be played at Kalyani’s Bengal Cricket Academy Ground. Controversial wicketkeeper-batter Abhishek Porel was on Wednesday included in Bengal’s Ranji Trophy squad for their season opener against Delhi at Kalyani.
The squad features senior India pacer Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar, and Akash Deep, who is on a comeback trail and will be keen to prove his fitness and form ahead of the New Zealand tour. Squad: Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Sudip Kumar Gharami (vc), Sudip Chatterjee, Abhishek Porel (wk), Ankur Paul, Sumanta Gupta, Ankit Shukla, Subham Chatterjee, Mohammed Shami, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Pradipta Pramanik, Aamir Gani, Md. Kaif, Soummyadip Mandal.
