Shardul Thakur to steer West Zone

Shardul Thakur, the India allrounder, has been appointed the West Zone captain for the Duleep Trophy, to be performed in Bengaluru from September 4. The 15-member squad was picked by the chief selectors of all of the 5 member associations from the west zone within the assembly right here on Friday.

Thakur, who performed two Test matches in England, is the seniormost Test cricketer within the West Zone squad that additionally options three different Test cricketers from Mumbai. His elevation to the West Zone captaincy additionally signifies a doable change in guard on the helm of Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy marketing campaign.

The Hindu understands that the west zone choice committee in session with the nationwide choice panel determined to not contemplate Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, the veteran batters who’ve been plying their commerce in home cricket regardless of being ignored by the nationwide selectors.

While the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been chosen as soon as they conveyed their availability, Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube weren’t thought-about as a result of impending conflict between the Duleep Trophy and the Asia Cup. Jaiswal will thus in all chance pair up with Maharashtra captain Ruturaj Gaikwad in a formidable opening partnership.

The 15-member squad doesn’t characteristic a Baroda participant, with Mumbai expectedly dominating with seven members within the squad.

The squad

Shardul Thakur (Capt.), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande (all Mumbai), Aarya Desai, Jaymeet Patel, Manan Hingrajia, Arzan Nagwaswalla (all Gujarat), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Saurabh Nawale (wk, each Maharashtra), Harvik Desai (wk), Dharmendra Jadeja (each Saurashtra).