Experienced opener Mayank Agarwal was on Wednesday named as Karnataka captain for the primary two matches of the upcoming Ranji Trophy season.
The promising younger batsman Nikin Jose has been appointed as Agarwal’s deputy.
However, KL Rahul has not been named within the 16-man squad contemplating India’s upcoming assignments at house in opposition to Afghanistan (three T20Is) and England (5 Tests) throughout January and February.
Agarwal had a giant 2022-23 home season rising as the highest run-getter within the circuit with 990 runs from 9 matches at a mean of 82.50 that contained three tons of and 6 fifties.
Karnataka will open their Ranji marketing campaign in opposition to Punjab at Hubli from January 5-8 and of their second match, the previous champions will face Gujarat in Ahmedabad from January 12-15.
Former batsman PV Shashikanth has been retained because the coach of the facet.
Karnataka squad:
Mayank Agarwal (c), Ravikumar Samarth, Devdutt Padikkal, Nikin Jose (vc), Manish Pandey, Shubhang Hegde, Sharath Srinivas (wk), Vysakh Vijayakumar, Vasuki Koushik, Vidwath Kaverappa, Ok Shashikumar, Sujay Sateri (wk), D Nischal, M Venkatesh, Kishan S Bedare, AC Rohit Kumar.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com