Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) has announced the 18-member squad for the upcoming Ranji Trophy season today, Wednesday, October 2. In the upcoming tournament, Tamil Nadu is going to face Saurashtra in its first match from 11 to 14 October. It is noteworthy that in the last season of Ranji Trophy, Tamil Nadu reached the semi-finals, but had to exit the tournament after losing against Mumbai.

Apart from this, the command of the team in the upcoming season has been handed over to R Sai Kishore, who was the captain of the team last season also. Under Kishore’s captaincy, Tamil Nadu reached the semi-finals for the first time since the 2016–17 season.

Also, to help Kishore, wicketkeeper batsman N Jagadishan has been made his deputy. Last season, Jagadishan’s bat was very powerful, he scored a total of 816 runs in the tournament. Also, C. Andre Siddharth has been included in the team for the first time because of his excellent performance in the Buchi Babu Tournament.

However, regarding Sandeep Warrier and Baba Aparajit, who are returning from injury in this team, TNCA Selection Committee Chairman Vasudeva Das quoted Sportstar as saying – At present, they (Warrier and Aparajit) are completing their rehab at the TNCA Academy (in Chepauk). Have been.

He is being monitored by our physios, and he is also being monitored by the National Cricket Academy (NCA). So, they are doing whatever necessary protocols they have to follow to rehab and get ready.

Tamil Nadu’s 18-member squad for the upcoming season of Ranji Trophy

R Sai Kishore (captain), N Jagadeesan (vice-captain), Baba Inderjit, Sai Sudarshan, Vijay Shankar, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Shahrukh Khan, Bupathi Vaishna Kumar, S. Mohammed Ali, C. Andre Siddharth, S. Ajit Ram, S. Lokeshwar, S. Lakshya Jain, Sandeep Warrier, Gurjapaneet Singh, M. Mohammed, R. Sonu Yadav, M. Siddharth.