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Ranji Trophy: Unmukt Chand to lead Delhi in first 2 matches

Unmukt Chand will take over the duties in absence of captain Virat Kohli and deputy Gautam Gambhir.

Unmukt Chand will take over the duties in absence of captain Virat Kohli and deputy Gautam Gambhir © IANS
Unmukt Chand will take over the duties in absence of captain Virat Kohli and deputy Gautam Gambhir © IANS

New Delhi: With Gautam Gambhir on national duty, batsman Unmukt Chand was today named captain of the 15-member Delhi squad for its first two games in the Ranji Trophy beginning October 6. Gambhir, who has received an India call-up after two years, is with the national team in Kolkata ahead of the second Test against New Zealand beginning at the Eden Gardens tomorrow. The squad was picked by the newly formed selection committee comprising Nikhil Chopra, Atul Wassan and Robin Singh Jr, in the presence of new coach KP Bhaskar and convenor Chetan Chauhan. The selectors had earlier announced a list of 46 probables for the Ranji Trophy.

With the concept of neutral venues to be introduced this season, Delhi play their opener against Assam in Baroda before travelling to Mumbai for their second match against Maharashtra from October 13. A DDCA release on the squad stated that Virat Kohli and Gambhir will be the captain and vice-captain for the entire season. Test captain Kohli will miss out majority of the domestic season for national duty and so will Gambhir, if he manages to hold on to his place in the Test team.

Gambhir has been included to the squad to fill in for KL Rahul who has a hamstring injury. The Delhi-boy, if played, will look to utilise the chance fully and ensure his spot in India’s squad for next series.

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Delhi squad: Unmukt Chand (captain), Vaibhav Rawal, Milind Kumar, Nitish Rana, Manan Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Mohit Sharma, Pulkit Narang, Varun Sood, Parwinder Awana, Navdeep Saini, Vikas Tokas, Pradeep Sangwan, Pawan Suyal.

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