Mayank Agarwal has been named the captain of South Zone within the Deodhar Trophy, whereas Rohan Kunnummal might be his deputy.
The selectors named a 15-member squad for the primary three matches, and in addition included Arjun Tendulkar within the squad together with N. Jagadeesan, Rohit Rayudu, Sai Kishore and Washington Sundar.
While Sai Kishore and Jagadeesan have been common performers for Tamil Nadu over the previous couple of seasons, Tendulkar makes it to the South Zone squad for the primary time since shifting to Goa final yr. He scored a century on debut for Goa final season within the Ranji Trophy and in addition made it to the Mumbai Indians last XI within the Indian Premier League, claiming three wickets in 4 outings.
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While Jagadeesan and Ricky Bhui are within the squad as wicketkeeper-batters, Okay.S. Bharat, who’s presently touring the West Indies with the Indian Test crew, has been named as a standby. Surprisingly, the selectors as soon as once more omitted Vijay Shankar, who was additionally not a part of the Duleep Trophy squad regardless of scoring large runs within the Ranji Trophy.
The facet additionally contains the seasoned KB Arun Karthik, Devdutt Padikkal and Kerala’s left-arm spinner Sijomon Joseph. South Zone will start its marketing campaign towards North Zone on July 24.
The squad
Mayank Agarwal (Captain), Rohan Kunnummal (vice-captain), N Jagadeesan (wicketkeeper), Rohit Rayadu, KB Arun Karthik, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, V. Kaverappa, V Vyshak, Kaushik V, Mohit Redkar, Sijomon Joseph, Arjun Tendulkar, Sai Kishore.
Standbyes: Sai Sudharsan, Nikin Jose, Pradosh Ranajn Paul, Nitish Kumar Reddy, KS Bharat
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com