Shikhar Dhawan will make his comeback in Ranji Trophy to lead Delhi in the home first-class fixture against Hyderabad from December 25. Apart from Dhawan, Delhi have been bolstered by the comeback of Ishant Sharma. India pacer Navdeep Saini is also a part of the squad.

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Dhawan was out of action for a month as he suffered a thigh injury during Delhi’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Maharashtra. He missed the West Indies series due to thigh issue but has been recalled for Sri Lanka and Australia series. The Ranji Trophy match will serve as perfect preparation before he joins the national team.

Ishant missed the first two matches to manage his workload. He is a regular in domestic cricket and also led Delhi in 2017/18 season. Since Ishant isn’t a part of the limited-overs team, he will be available for few matches for Delhi.

Dhawan and Saini won’t be available for the Punjab fixture as they will join the national squad for the home series – Team India plays Sri Lanka and Australia in January before flying to New Zealand.

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Dhruv Shorey, who missed the previous match, is back in the squad and will assist Dhawan in captaincy duties. He will take back the captaincy when Dhawan will join Team India.

The squad also includes Nitish Rana, Anuj Rawat and Vikas Mishra. Former India U-19 opener Manjot Kalra is also a part of the team. He has played two T20s for Delhi but is yet to make his first-class debut.

Delhi kicked off their campaign against Kerala in a drawn affair but conceded the first-innings lead. Playing Andhra Pradesh in the second round, Delhi lost by a big margin of nine wickets.

Squad; Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Dhruv Shorey (vice-captain), Kunal Chandela, Nitish Rana, Jonty Sidhu, Lalit Yadav, Anuj Rawat (wk), Ishant Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Tejas Baroka, Pawan Suyal, Vikas Mishra, Kunwar Bidhuri, Kshitiz Sharma, Manjot Kalra