Out-of-favour India opener Mayank Agarwal was on Tuesday named as Karnataka’s captain for his or her first two rounds of Ranji Trophy matches towards Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, whereas pacer Prasidh Krishna will proceed to chart his comeback to top-flight cricket by means of the home season. Karnataka will face MP at Indore from October 11, whereas the previous champions will tackle Kerala at Bengaluru from October 18. After a lukewarm Duleep Trophy, Agarwal will likely be desperate to be amongst some huge runs to impress the selectors, and Prasidh too want higher numbers within the wicket column.
The 28-year-old took simply 4 wickets throughout two matches within the Duleep Trophy whereas showing for India A, and he to this point has failed to choose up a wicket for Remainder of India in Mumbai’s first innings within the ongoing Irani Cup at Lucknow.
Devdutt Padikkal too will likely be hoping to be amongst runs after a reasonably spectacular Duleep Trophy and pacer Vysakh Vijayakumar, who has a BCCI tempo bowlers’ contract, will likely be desperate to make his presence felt with one other good outing.
Nonetheless, pacer Vidwath Kaverappa, who’s nursing an damage, didn’t discover a place within the 16-member squad.
There will likely be some deal with all-rounder Shreyas Gopal too as he has returned to the state after enjoying for Kerala final season.
Karnataka squad: Mayank Agarwal (captain), Nikin Jose, Devdutt Padikkal, R Smaran, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Gopal, Sujay Sateri, Hardik Raj, Vyshak Vijayakumar, Prasidh Krishna, Vasuki Koushik, Luvnith Sisodia, Mohsin Khan, Vidyadhar Patil, Kishan Bedare, Abhilash Shetty.
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