After main Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023, Nitish Rana has been rewarded with a captain’s role in India’s domestic event – Deodhar Trophy. Rana was just lately ignored for India’s T20I squad for West Indies Tour and he was seemingly dejected over it. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals’ batter Prithvi Shaw has been included in the West Zone squad for the regional event.
Rana might be main the 15-member North Zone squad in the upcoming 50-over event – Deodhar Trophy. Rana has not featured in any domestic tournaments or Indian matches after the completion of IPL 2023. Notably, his North Zone group options the likes of younger Indian rising stars Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran, Nishant Sindhu and Harshit Rana, amongst others.
Prithvi Shaw, Shivam Dube in for West Zone
Notably, DC’s Prithvi Shaw and CSK’s Shivam Dube are included in the West Zone squad alongside with SRH’s Rahul Tripathi. Dube had a terrific IPL season for the title-winning CSK and was the very important cog in MS Dhoni‘s group to win the title for the fifth time.
West Zone squad:
Priyank Panchal (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Rahul Tripathi, Harvik Desai, Het Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Ankit Bawne, Samarth Vyas, Shivam Dube, Atit Seth, Parth Bhut, Shams Mulani, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Chintan Gaja, Rajvardhan Hangargekar.
Standby gamers: Chetan Sakariya, Tushar Deshpande, Yuvraj Dodiya, Abu Kazi, Kathan Patel.
North Zone squad:
Nitish Rana (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, SG Rohilla, S Khajuria, Mandeep Singh, Himanshu Rana, Vivrant Sharma, Nishant Sindhu, Rishi Dhawan, Yudhvir Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande.
Stand-bye gamers: Mayank Dagar, Mayank Yadav, Arslan Khan, Shubham Arora, Yuvraj Singh, Manan Vohra, Aqib Nabi, Shivank Vashisht.
