Garg, fielding at silly point, was in the line of the ball even after trying to get away from a back foot punch by Avesh Khan.
Akshath Reddy scored 146 while Siddhesh Lad struck 64 to take India Green to 308/4 on the opening day of their Duleep Trophy match vs India Red.
When the Indian management did not send a member of the squad, as per earlier communication, the travelling media politely declined the BCCI's offer.
Pant and Rayudu's exclusion from the squad of 15 had created quite a stir on Monday.
All four bowlers are currently playing for different teams in the IPL. Saini has impressed while playing for the RCB and so has Deepak Chahar, who has taken 10 wickets in the competition so far.
India chief coach Ravi Shastri has recently made it clear that he would like Rahul to play a lot of A games in order to regain form.
22-year-old Kuldeep Sen and former India U19 Avesh Khan ran through Kerala's top-order in no time
Kuldeep Sen, who bagged a total of seven wickets, with two in the second dig, was awarded man of the match.
Sen registered his best bowling figures 5/62.
Kraigg Braithwaite (52) and Kieran Powell (44) stitched a 105-run stand for the opening wicket.