The last round of the Ranji Trophy saw India's top international stars returning to the elite domestic first-class competition after a long gap; but most of them, barring Ravindra Jadeja and Shubman Gill, didn't finish on a satisfying note, which made former India captain Sunil Gavaskar unhappy.
After India's 1-3 defeat in the Border Gavaskar Trophy on the Test tour of Australia, Gavaskar and many former India cricketers had questioned the reluctance of India's top players, including Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, to play domestic cricket despite going through an extended poor run with the bat.