India skipper Virat Kohli has been named in Delhi’s preliminary Ranji squad, which was announced by the state association after a meeting attended by selectors and coach last week.
Apart from Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma and Rishab Pant are the three other players who have been named in the side.
First talking of Ishant, though is the only member of the Test team, with India set to play an extended limited-overs home season, there can be a chance when selectors might give their most experienced bowler a go in the limited-overs format as well.
Coming to Pant, he is always on fringes to be selected in the national side and have bright chances of getting selected during the home season. Kohli and Dhawan will undoubtedly miss the whole domestic season due to international commitments.
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Delhi selectors have not named any captain as of now. Earlier, they used to announce the leader of the team, but with no clarity over the fact whether Gautam Gambhir will lead the team or not, selectors have opted a safe process. Rishabh Pant was appointed as captain of Delhi side in the Vijay Hazare Trophy last season when selectors decided to take away captaincy from Gambhir, and now it will be surprising if the same process continues.
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In the list of 40 players, few players have played for India U-19 in the recent times. Jonty Sidhu, who led India in junior Test matches against England in the home season, has also been named in the squad. Apart from him, Manjot Kalra has also found a place in the team.
Few of the players namely Parwinder Awana, Mohit Sharma, and Vaibhav Rawal were not considered for a place in the team.
Delhi Squad – Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant (Wicket Keeper), Pradeep Sangwan, Unmukt Chand, Navdeep Saini, Milind Kumar, Dhruv Shorey, Jonty Sidhu, Manjyot Kalra, Mayank Rawat, Manan Sharma, Nitish Rana, Varun Sood, Vikas Tokas, Subodh Bhati, Pulkit Narang, Pawan Suyal, Sarthak Ranjan, Kulwant, Himmat Singh, Kshitij Sharma, Aditya Kaushik, Akash Sudan, Shelly Shaurya, Harsh Tyagi, Tejas Baroka, Arjun Gupta (Wicket Keeper), Dinesh Mor (Wicket Keepe), Anuj Rawat (Wicket Keeper), Rajesh Sharma, Gaurav Kumar, Vikas Mishra, Simrajeet Singh, Vishwas Malik, Kunal Chandela, Sahil Malhotra, Sarang Rawat.
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