Batter Baba Indrajith will lead Tamil Nadu within the Ranji Trophy this season with left arm spinner R. Sai Kishore named as his deputy.
The squad, introduced by the Tamil Nadu selectors on Friday, features a few new faces – batter Affan Khader, spinner Ajith Ram and tempo bowler Trilok Nag.
The skilled Vijay Shankar, who has been out of motion for some time and missed each the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy, has been included within the staff.
Ajith Ram and Nag had achieved nicely within the matches towards Bangladesh A not too long ago and have been rewarded for his or her performances. Khader is the shock decide within the staff.
Tamil Nadu will miss the providers of the aggressive batter M. Shahrukh Khan, who’s out attributable to a knee damage.
India cricketers R. Ashwin and Washington Sundar will be part of the staff upon their availability, TNCA (Tamil Nadu Cricket Association) honorary secretary R. I. Palani stated in a press launch right here.
TN will play its first match towards Hyderabad (away) from December 13, adopted by video games towards Andhra (December 20 in Coimbatore) and Delhi (December 27).