Five players from Vidarbha have been picked in the Central Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy.
Batsmen Aman Mokhade and Yash Rathod retained their places in the 15-member squad selected by selectors from all seven State Associations, who met in Indore on Saturday. Vidarbha captain Harsh Dubey and pacers Yash Thakur and Nachiket Bhute are also in the mix. VCA's Chief selector Mr Sudhir Wankhede attended the meeting on behalf of the association.
Rajat Patidar will lead the side with UPCA’ s Rinku Singh as his deputy.
Defending champions Central Zone have been seeded directly into the semi-final in Bengaluru from Aug 30.
CENTRAL ZONE SQUAD
1) Rajat Patidar (Capt) --- MPCA
2) Rinku Singh (VC) --- UPCA
3) Aryan Juyal (WK) --- UPCA
4) Ayush Pandey --- CSCS
5) Saransh Jain --- MPCA
6) Yash Rathod --- VCA
7) Aman Mokhade --- VCA
8) Harsh Dubey --- VCA
9) Kunal Chandela --- CAU
10) Kunal Singh Rathod (WK) --- RCA
11) Zeeshan Ansari --- UPCA
12) Yash Thakur --- VCA
13) Aryan Pandey --- MPCA
14) Nachiket Bhute --- VCA
15) Arshad Khan --- MPCA
STAND-BYS
1) Bhargav Merio (RSPB)
2) Amandeep Khare (CSCS)
3) Kunal Yadav (RSPB)
4) Mayank Mishra (CAU)
5) Kumar Kartikeya (MPCA)
6) Sourabh Rawat (WK) --- CAU
SUPPORT STAFF
Nikhil Doru (Coach) RCA
Manish Jha (Asst Coach) CAU
Deshroj Chouhon (Physio) CAU
Mayank Agrawal (Trainer) MPCA
Chondrashekhar Rao (Video Analyst) CSCS
Zuffri Zakeria (Manager) RSPB
Mohit Kumar (Masseur) CAU
