The BCCI has rested several top players for the upcoming NKP Salve Challenger Trophy to be held in Ahmedabad from the 25th to 28th of this month. Captain MS Dhoni along with several other big names have not been included in any of the three squads keeping in mind of a packed international schedule. Along with Dhoni, the names of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh are just among a few players to be rested for this tournament.
None of the players who have signed up with the Indian Cricket League have been picked leaving this season’s Challenger’s Trophy to be played between completely inexperienced but promising cricketers of the country.
Mohammad Kaif will be leading the India Red Side while Virender Sehwag has been handed the captaincy of the India Blue side. India Green Side will be led by wicket keeper Parthiv Patel. The Challenger Trophy will be hugely important for the likes of Virender Sehwag, Munaf Patel and Suresh Raina to force a comeback in the National Side.
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), Murali Kartik (Railways), 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