Last month, when he was named in the squad for the practice matches in Guwahati, an official from the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) told Cricinfo: “His personal and legal matters are his own matters. If the situation changes, we will take the appropriate action. But for now there’s no issue from our side.”
Last season, Bengal topped their group and reached the semi-finals, where they lost to the eventual champions, Jammu and Kashmir.
Bengal squad for first Ranji Trophy game
Abhimanyu Easwaran (capt), Sudip Kumar Gharami (vice-capt), Sudip Chatterjee, Abishek Porel (wk), Shakir Habib Gandhi (wk), Ankur Paul, Sumanta Gupta, Ankit Shukla, Subham Chatterjee, Mohammed Shami, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Pradipta Pramanik, Aamir Gani, Md. Kaif, Soummyadip Mandal
Standbys: Karan Lal, Akhilesh Yadav, Geet Puri, Abishek Kr. Raman, Subham Sarkar, Sumit Mohanta, Aditya Purohit