Ranji Trophy 2022: Dinesh Karthik unavailable, Vijay Shankar to lead Tamil Nadu in Ranji Trophy – All-rounder Vijay Shankar will lead Tamil Nadu in the Ranji
Trophy matches for the upcoming season. Indian all-rounder Washington Sundar has been named his deputy. Star batsman and wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik meanwhile has been omitted from the squad after he sighted unavailability. Follow Insidesport.in for all Ranji Trophy LIVE Updates.
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Ranji Trophy 2022: Dinesh Karthik unavailable, Vijay Shankar to lead Tamil Nadu in Ranji Trophy
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy winners and Vijay Hazare Trophy Finalists Tamil Nadu have named a strong squad for the upcoming Ranji Trophy season. All matches will be played in Ahmedabad while Washington. The squad includes three newcomers- medium-pacers R Silambarasan and P Saravana Kumar apart from batter B Sai Sudharsan.
The team boasts of a strong batting line-up that includes the in-form Baba Aparajith and Baba Indrajith, N Jagadeesan, M Kaushik Gandhi and Sudharsan, apart from the power-hitting M Shahrukh Khan and skipper Vijay Shankar.
Apart from Washington Sundar, the spin department consists of lanky left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore, M Siddharth and Aparajith, while Sandeep Warrier, M Mohammed, Silambarasan, Saravana Kumar and Aswin Crist, on a comeback trail, form the pace
attack.
Ranji Trophy 2022: Dinesh Karthik unavailable, Vijay Shankar to lead Tamil Nadu in Ranji Trophy
Experienced wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik is not available for the Ranji Trophy.
According to the selection panel chief S Vasudevan, this is a well-balanced squad and it should do well. “It is a well-balanced team. It should do well in this year’s Ranji Trophy,” he added.
He further said Dinesh Karthik was not available for the tournament.
Tamil Nadu begins its Ranji campaign in Elite Group ‘B’ with a match against Jammu & Kashmir on January 13, 2022. The state team had won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy before finishing runner-up in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 50-overs tournament which concluded on Sunday last.
Ranji Trophy 2022: Dinesh Karthik unavailable, Vijay Shankar to lead Tamil Nadu in Ranji Trophy
Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy Squad: Vijay Shankar (Captain), M S Washington Sundar (Vice Captain), B Indrajith, B Aparajith, N Jagadeesan, M Shahrukh Khan, B Sai Sudharsan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, L Suryapprakash, M Kaushik Gandhi, V Ganga Sridhar Raju, Sandeep Warrier, M Mohammed, R Silambarasan, P Saravana Kumar, A Aswin Crist, L Vignesh, R Sai Kishore, M Siddharth and R Kavin.