Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan was ruled out of the first round of the Duleep Trophy, starting on Thursday with a groin injury and will be replaced by Sanju Samson, the BCCI said on Wednesday.

'Wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan has been ruled out of the first round of the Duleep Trophy due to a groin injury sustained during the ongoing All-India Buchi Babu Tournament. The BCCI Medical Team is closely monitoring his condition and working towards ensuring a swift recovery,' BCCI said in a media release.

Samson will take Kishan's place in the India D team, which will be captained by Shreyas Iyer. They will play against India C at Anantapur in the opening round, starting on Thursday.

BCCI also confirmed that Suryakumar Yadav will miss the first round match after suffering a a sprain to his right thumb while fielding in the All-India Buchi Babu Tournament.

'The BCCI Medical Team is continuing to assess his injury, and a further evaluation next week will determine his availability for the second round,' BCCI added.

India A pacer Prasidh Krishna, who is recuperating from a surgery he had undergone earlier this year for his left quadriceps tendon, will also miss the Duleep Trophy's first round encounter with India B at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

The Duleep Trophy has been hit hard by injuries to a few frontline players.

Meanwhile, all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has been cleared to play and will be available for selection.

India pacers Mohammed Siraj and Umran Malik were also withdrawn from the tournament because of illness while all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was released from India B but the reason remained unspecified.

Pacer Navdeep Saini replaced Siraj in India B while Puducherry quick Gaurav Yadav came in for Malik in India C.

The updated squads for the first round of the Duleep Trophy:

India A: Shubman Gill (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel (w/k), K L Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat.

India B: Abhimanyu Easwaran (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (w/k), Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Yash Dayal, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (w/k)

India C: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Abishek Porel (w/k), B Indrajith, Hrithik Shokeen, Manav Suthar, Gaurav Yadav, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Anshul Khamboj, Himanshu Chauhan, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal (w/k), Sandeep Warrier

India D squad: Shreyas lyer (Captain), Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (w/k), Saurabh Kumar, Sanju Samson (w/k)