The next popular domestic cricket event in India scheduled to start from October 1 is the Irani Cup 2024, a game between Mumbai, which won the Ranji Trophy 2024, and the Rest of India team. The game will take place at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Many of India's elite players are representing teams, but Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are not part of the team. Rohit Sharma could have played for Mumbai, and Virat Kohli could have played for the Rest of India team. Reasons Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma Are Missing Irani Cup 2024 Rohit and Virat are very important players for the Indian Test team, which still has 9 matches left to qualify for the World Test Championship final next year. This includes the big series against Australia which is Border Gavaskar Trophy, starting on November 22. The second and final Test between India and Bangladesh starts on September 27. Team India wants to win again and take control of the series Since Rohit is 37 and Virat is 35, they need to rest to avoid injuries. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli also skipped the recent Duleep Trophy 2024. BCCI secretary Jay Shah told The Times of India that players like them deserve to be treated with respect. Shah stated, "We should not insist on players like Rohit and Virat to play in the Duleep Trophy. They will risk injury. If you have noticed, in Australia and England, every international player does not play domestic cricket. We have to treat the players with respect," Also Read | Top 10 Bowlers With Most Wickets in Test Cricket | All-Time Greats Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead Rest of India in the Irani Cup 2024 challenge match against Ranji Trophy 2023-24 champions Mumbai. The match is scheduled to be played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on October 1 to 5, 2024.Dhruv Jurel and Yash Dayal are in the Rest of India squad but will only play, if they don't turn up for the second Test against Bangladesh at Kanpur on September 27. Irani Cup 2024 Squads Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mhatre, Musheer Khan, Sarfaraz Khan*, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore (wk), Sidhaant Addhatrao (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Mohammad Juned Khan, Royston Dias. Rest Of India: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vc), Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (wk)*, Ishan Kishan (wk), Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal*, Ricky Bhui, Shashwat Rawat, Khaleel Ahmed, Rahul Chahar.