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Chawla instead of
Murali Kartik in Challenger Trophy |
Left Arm Spinner
Murali Kartik has been excluded out of the
Challenger Trophy to accommodate teenage leg
spinner Piyush
Chawla. According to the Selectors, Murali
Kartik has been given a rest while Piyush Chawla
gets an opportunity to get back into the groove
after recovering from an ankle injury. Kartik
was originally a part of the India Green side
that is led by Parthiv Patel.
By excluding Murali Kartik, the Selectors
might have concluded that they were happy with
the way he bowled in the series against the
Aussies. Murali Kartik took six wickets in the
last ODI at Mumbai along with two other good
performances against the Aussies. The Selectors
have rested several key players for the 4-day
long Challenger Trophy that is to be played at
Ahmedabad. It makes sense from the Selectors'
point of view as India would be engaged in a
5-match series against arch rivals Pakistan from
the 5th of November onwards.
India Blue:
Virender Sehwag
(Delhi, Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (Mumbai),
Dinesh Karthik
(Tamil Nadu, Wicket Keeper),
Suresh Raina
(UP), Neeraj Patel (Gujarat), Arjun Yadav
(Hyderabad),
Joginder Sharma (Haryana),
Ramesh Powar
(Mumbai), Amit Mishra
(Haryana), Yo Mahesh (Tamil Nadu), Ranadeb Bose
(Bengal), Swapnil Asnodkar (Goa), Rakesh Dhruv (Saurashtra),
Saurav Bandekar (Goa) Coach :
Praveen Amre
India Green:
Parthiv Patel (Gujarat, Captain & Wicket
Kepeper), Cheteshwar Pujara (Saurashtra),
Rohit Sharma
(Mumbai), Piyush
Chawla (UP), Manoj Tiwary (Bengal),
Yusuf Pathan (Baroda), Abhishek Nayar (Mumbai),
Niranjan Behra (Orissa), Iqbal Abdullah
(Mumbai), Pankaj Singh (Rajasthan),
Munaf Patel (Mah),
Gagandeep Singh (Punjab), Anirudh Srikkanth
(Tamil Nadu), Satyajit Satbhai (Maharashtra)
Coach :
Venkatesh Prasad
India Red:
Mohammad Kaif (UP, Captain), Karan Goel
(Punjab), Gautam
Gambhir (Delhi), Subramaniam Badrinath
(Tamil Nadu), Virat Kohli (Delhi), Ravneet Ricky
(Punjab), Praveen Kumar (UP), Mahesh Rawat (Haryana,
Wicket Keeper), Pragyan Ojha (Hyderabad),
Siddarth Trivedi (Gujarat),
Ishant Sharma
(Delhi), Pinal Shah (Baroda), Srikant Munde (Maharashtra),
Paresh Patel (Orissa) Coach :
Lalchand Rajput
Schedule:
- October 25: India Red Vs India Blue
- October 26: India Green Vs India Red
- October 27: India Green Vs India Blue
- October 28: Final
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