Varun Chakaravarthy will lead Tamil Nadu in the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which begins nationwide on November 26. The spinner enters the tournament in strong form after taking 5 wickets during India’s recent 2-1 T20I series win in Australia.
Narayan Jagadeesan has been named vice-captain for the campaign. Tamil Nadu’s squad also includes R Sai Kishore, Andre Siddarth, and left-arm seamer T Natarajan.
In the ongoing Ranji Trophy season, Tamil Nadu have produced modest results and sit in Elite Group D alongside Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Tripura, Jharkhand, and Saurashtra. Their Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy campaign will begin with a fixture against Rajasthan in Ahmedabad.
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Tamil Nadu have also rewarded two of this year’s TNPL standouts, V.P. Amith Sathvik and A. Esakkimuthu, with their first senior-team call-ups. Both players played crucial roles in IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans’ title-winning run, with Amith providing quick starts alongside Tushar Raheja and Esakkimuthu impressing with his pace while finishing second on the wicket charts with 14 wickets.
Tamil Nadu Full Squad
Varun Chakaravarthy (captain), Narayan Jagadeesan (vice-captain, wicketkeeper), Tushar Raheja (wicketkeeper), VP Amit Sathvik, Shahrukh Khan, Andre Siddarth, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Shivam Singh, R Sai Kishore, M Siddarth, T Natarajan, Gurjapneet Singh, A Esakkimuthu, R Sonu Yadav, R Silambarasan, S Rithik Easwaran (wicketkeeper).
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