Orissa batsman Natraj Behera was named captain to lead a 15-member East Zone squad who will take on West Zone in their Duleep Trophy opener at Valsad (Gujarat) from January 27 to 30.
Published: Jan 18, 2012, 11:28 PM (IST)
Edited: Jan 18, 2012, 11:28 PM (IST)
Natraj Behera was named skipper in place of Bengal batsman Manoj Tiwary who was picked for the upcoming Triangular series in Australia © AFP
Kolkata: Jan 18, 2012
Orissa batsman Natraj Behera was named captain to lead a 15-member East Zone squad who will take on West Zone in their Duleep Trophy opener at Valsad (Gujarat) from January 27 to 30.
Behera was named skipper in place of stylish Bengal batsman Manoj Tiwary who was picked for the upcoming Triangular series in Australia.
Orissa coach and former India seamer Debasis Mohanty will coach the East Zone side.
The squad has five from Bengal including wicketkeeper Shreevats Goswami in place of Wriddhiman Saha who is also doing national duty in the ongoing Test series Down Under.
Jharkhand’s Ishank Jaggi will be Behera’s deputy as the two state associations have three players each in the squad.
Assam too have three players in the side including former Maharasthra opening batsman Dheeraj Jadhav and medium-pacer Abu Nachim Ahmed.
Tripura have the sole representation in Subhrajit Roy.(PTI)
Squad:
Natraj Behera (c), Biplab Samantaray and Basanta Mohanty (all Orissa); Anustup Majumdar, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Ashoke Dinda and Mohammad Sami Ahmed (all Bengal); Ishank Jaggi (v-c), Manish Vardhan and Shahbaz Nadeem (all Jharkhand); Dheeraj Jadhav, Abu Nachim Ahmed and Gokul Sharma (all Assam); Subhrajit Roy (Tripura); Stand-byes: Rana Dutta (Tripura) and Abhilash Mallick (Odisha).
