5 players who can make a comeback to Indian team after a successful Ranji Trophy

India's elite first-class tournament, the Ranji Trophy is scheduled to take place from November 1st in multiple venues across the country. The tourney has been stretched a lot, with an addition of nine more teams, making the total participants 37 from 28.

The 2018-19 edition will be the 85th of this four-day tournament and the teams are already preparing to give their best shot at the event. Apart from giving the state teams an opportunity to play and compete with some of the best in the country, the Ranji Trophy remains a watchful platform for players to catch the attention of national selectors.

Pertinently, it helps the out-of-scene capped players to make a national comeback given they perform to the best. As the upcoming season is just a few days away, some of the known faces are expected to make use of this tourney to re-enter in the Indian team.

In this slide, we bring you five of those players who can perform well in the event and later make a comeback to the national side. Let's go through them:

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#1 Suresh Raina

England v India - 2nd Vitality International T20

Suresh Raina, the Uttar Pradesh-based southpaw was India's permanent limited-overs member for a long time. Though, he has been lately struggling to make a comeback to the side.

Owing to his continuous downfall with the bat, he was dropped from the team in 2015 and made a comeback in the recently concluded England tour. However, he failed to re-cement his place and was immediately left out again.

Raina has played 226 ODIs for India and scored above 5000 runs at an average of 35. He also has over 1600 T20I runs while 768 runs in the 17 Test matches.

He showed some form in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and might turn the tables in Ranji Trophy, so as to get a national comeback call-up

#2 Manoj Tiwary

Australia A v India A

Bengal skipper, Manoj Tiwary has been one of the top performers in the domestic arena, though, unlucky to have played a meager number of International matches.

He has appeared in 12 ODIs and scored 278 runs, including one century and a fifty. However, he hasn't been seen in national colours since July 2015.

India hasn't been able to produce many good performances in the middle-order and Ranji Trophy would be an opportunity for him to make the national comeback.

#3 Varun Aaron

2nd Test - Australia v India: Day 3

Varun Aaron is one of the quickest bowlers produced in India as the 29-year-old once clicked 150km/h in List-A cricket.

His lethal pace and a bit of late movement off the track made him play 12 Test and ODI matches for India.

He has recently shown a lot of promise in Vijay Hazare Trophy and if he kept bowling well in Ranji Trophy, we might soon see him back in Team India.

#4 Abhinav Mukund

Abhinav Mukund

Tamil Nadu opener Abhinav Mukund, too, has been among runs consistently in the domestic cricket. He finished as top run-getter in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring 560 runs in 9 matches.

He was unlucky to not get an Indian call-up for Windies ODIs. He though could finally break into the team given he performs well in the Ranji Trophy.

Mukund has so far played seven Tests for India and scored at an average of 23.

#5 Jayant Yadav

Jayant Yadav went on to score a century during the only four Test matches he played

The spin all-rounder, Jayant Yadav played a few Tests and one ODI for India on late 2016 but hasn't been able to make a comeback since.

He has scored a century and scalped 11 wickets in the Test cricket. He owns impressive enough domestic numbers as well.

The upcoming Ranji Trophy would surely be an opportunity for him to impress national selectors.