Andre Siddarth, Smaran Ravichandran added to South Zone squad for final

Andre Siddarth, Smaran Ravichandran added to South Zone squad for final

South Zone have made two forced changes to their Duleep Trophy Squad for the final, starting September 11 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. Ricky Bhui is the new vice-captain of the team.

Following the selection of N Jagadeesan and Devdutt Padikkal in the India A squad for the unofficial Tests against Australia A, the selectors have brought in Andre Siddarth (Tamil Nadu) and Smaran Ravichandran (Karnataka) as replacements.

Ajay Rohera (Pondicherry) and Aniket Reddy (Hyderabad) are stand-by players for the title clash.

South Zone will face Central Zone in the final.

South Zone squad:

• Azharuddin (Captain & Wicketkeeper)
• Ricky Bhui (Vice-Captain)
• Smaran Ravichandran
• Kale M
• Sheikh Rasheed
• Tanmay Agarwal
• Salman Nizar
• Andrew Siddarth
• Tanay Thyagarajan
• Gurjabneet Singh
• Nidheesh
• Kaushik V
• Ankit Sharma
• T Vijay
• Basil NP

Stand-bys:

• Ajay Rohera (Pondicherry)
• Aniket Reddy (Hyderabad)