Frequent injuries to Deepak and Khaleel have left 36-year-old Aniket as the lone mainstay, and the aging domestic stalwart is likely playing his last upcoming domestic season.
Right-arm pacer Ashok, who played for Gujarat Titans in the recently concluded IPL 2026 and gained a lot of praise for his raw pace, cited better opportunities as the reason for the move. “For better opportunities I decided to move to Gujarat,” Ashok told TOI.
The Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) has granted him a No Objection Certificate (NOC).
Ashok made his senior debut for Rajasthan in Dec last season. In four First Class matches, he picked up 14 wickets. He was particularly effective in white-ball cricket, claiming 22 wickets in 16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 games and 13 wickets in seven Vijay Hazare Trophy one-dayers.
In another blow to the state’s bowling stocks, pacer Ganesh Suthar, who had an outstanding Under-23 season last year, has decided to play for Haryana and has received an NOC from RCA.
Ganesh was the sixth-highest wicket-taker in the CK Nayudu Trophy in 2025-26, bagging 37 wickets in just eight matches. A source revealed that he, too, chose to move out in search of better opportunities.
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