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A slew of Indian cricket stars returned to domestic cricket after the team's horrendous show in Test cricket.
India's Test failure stretches back to the team's 3-0 whitewash at home at the hands of New Zealand, followed by a 3-1 hammering Down Under, all thanks to failure of India's star batters.
But the batters seemed to learn nothing from their past mistakes.
From Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube and Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant, all Prima Donnas of Indian cricket, were humbled domestic bowlers on their return to Ranji cricket.
While Rohit (3), Jaiswal (4), Shreyas (11) and Dube failed in the first innings of their match against Jammu and Kashmir in Mumbai, Punjab's Gill was dismissed for 4 by Abhilash Shetty, caught in the slips by Kerala's KL Shrijith.
Pant was dismissed for 1 in Delhi's game against Saurashtra.
Going for his trademark pull off Umar Nazir, Rohit (3) got a leading edge which was caught by J&K skipper Paras Dogra at mid-off.
His India opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal (4) too fell cheaply for Mumbai.
Named in the squad for the Champions Trophy, Shreyas Iyer (11) was caught at mid on off pacer Yudhvir Singh.
In Rajkot, Pant turned up for Delhi in a first-class game for the first time since the 2017-2018 season and his stay in the middle did not last long. The flamboyant left-hander was dismissed for 1 off 10 balls by veteran Saurashtra left-arm spinner Dharmendrasingh Jadeja.
In Bengaluru, Shubman Gill (4) was caught behind in the game between Punjab and Karnataka. He fell to Abhilash Shetty in the fourth over of the innings.
There were intense reactions from fans on seeing their superstars not disturbing the scorers much...
