India spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been appointed captain of the Tamil Nadu staff for the 2025–26 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which begins on November 26. Narayan Jagadeesan will function his deputy.
Chakravarthy just lately performed a key function in India’s T20I collection victory in Australiataking 5 wickets throughout three matches. This marks his first captaincy project at any stage. He takes over from M Shahrukh Khan, with the selectors selecting him forward of R Sai Kishore and Jagadeesan, each of whom have prior management expertise.
The squad additionally options India left-arm pacer T Natarajan, alongside fellow seamer Gurjapneet Singh. Within the spin division, Sai Kishore and M Siddharth will lead the assault with their left-arm variations.
Tamil Nadu have endured a modest Ranji Trophy marketing campaign to this point, sitting sixth of their group with two losses and two attracts from 4 matches.
Within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, they’re positioned in Elite Group D with Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Tripura, Jharkhand, and Saurashtra. Tamil Nadu will open their marketing campaign towards Rajasthan in Ahmedabad.
Tamil Nadu squad:Varun Chakravarthy (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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