Left-arm spinner R. Sai Kishore has been ruled out of the upcoming Buchi Babu tournament due to injury, with Pradosh Ranjan Paul taking over as skipper of the TNCA President’s XI.
Paul had initially been slated to take charge of the TNCA XI, but M. Shahrukh Khan will now fulfil the role instead.
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Other changes announced included P Vidyuth moving from TNCA XI to TNCA President’s XI, while P Vignesh has been included in the latter. M Siddharth moves from TNCA President’s XI to TNCA XI on account of personal commitments.
The squad:
TNCA President’s XI: Pradosh Ranjan Paul (Capt.), C. Andre Siddarth C (Vice-capt.), B. Indrajith, Vijay Shankar, R. Vimal Khumar, S. Radhakrishnan, S. Lokeshwar, G. Ajitesh, J. Hemchudeshan, R.S. Ambrish, C.V. Achyuth, H. Trilok Nag, P. Saravana Kumar, P. Vidyuth and K. Abhinav.
TNCA XI: M. Shahrukh Khan (Capt.), Boopathi Vaishna Kumar (Vice-capt.), B. Sachin, M. Siddharth, Tushar Raheja, Kiran Karthikeyan, S. Mohamed Ali, S. Rithik Easwaran, S.R. Athish, S. Lakshay Jain, D.T. Chandrasekar, P. Vignesh, R. Sonu Yadav, D. Deepesh, J. Prem Kumar, A. Esakkimuthu and T.D. Lokesh Raj.
