Veteran opener Mayank Agarwal on Thursday was named as Karnataka’s captain for the Vijay Hazare Trophy to be held in Ahmedabad from December 21 to January 5, 2025. It is going to be an opportunity for Agarwal to make amends as his aspect didn’t enter the knockouts of the continued Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Essentially the most notable facet of the choice was the elevation of Shreyas Gopal because the vice-captain. The leg-spin all-rounder had returned to Karnataka at first of this season after spending the earlier season with Kerala.
Shreyas was rewarded for being the main wicket-taker for Karnataka within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He took 14 wickets from seven matches at a superb economic system of 6.1.
Seasoned batter and former captain Manish Pandey was neglected in what could possibly be the top of the street for him with the state group.
Karnataka will open their marketing campaign in opposition to Mumbai on the Narendra Modi Stadium in on December 21.
Aside from Karnataka and Mumbai, the Group C will function Puducherry, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Saurashtra, Hyderabad and Nagaland.
Karnataka are four-time champions of the premier home 50-over competitors and their final title win got here within the 2019-20 season.
The squad: Mayank Agarwal (captain), Shreyas Gopal (vice-captain), S Nikin Jose, KV Aneesh, R Smaran, KL Shrijith, Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Raj, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Vasuki Koushik, Vidyadhar Patil, Kishan Bedare, Abhilash Shetty, Manoj Bhandage, Pravin Dubey, Luvnith Sisodia.
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