Wadkar back at the helm

 

 

 

 

AKSHAY Wadkar will lead Vidarbha in opening match of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B campaign against Services in Nagpur from January 5-8, 2024. Vidarbha Cricket Association’s Senior Selection Committee, headed by Suhas Phadkar, which met on Thursday, named Aditya Sarvate as the vice-captain. Atharva Taide, who led the senior side in Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Tournament and then in the Vijay Hazare Trophy is injured and has been advised rest, it is learnt.

 

Back in the squad are former skipper Faiz Fazal and senior offie Akshay Wakhare. Hard-hitter Shubham Dubey, who did extremely well in SMAT and was picked by Rajasthan Royals by 5.8 crores in the IPL auction, has been included in the team. But another big-hitter Jitesh Sharma, who has been labelled as a white-ball player, is not on the list.

Team: Akshay Wadkar (Captain & WK), Aditya Sarvate (VC), Faiz Fazal, Dhruv Shorey, Karun Nair, R Sanjay, Shubham Dubey, Darshan Nalkande, Akshay Wakhare, Harsh Dubey, Yash Thakur, Yash Rathod, Siddhesh Wath (wk), Lalit Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Kale, Aditya Thakare.

Coach: Usman Ghani. Asst Coach: Atul Ranade. Trainer: Yuvraj Singh Dasondhi. Physio: Nitin Khurana. Video Analyst: Aniruddha Deshpande. Manager: Shirish Joshi.

 

Mahale to lead Under-23 side

MANDAR Mahale will lead Vidarbha’s U-23 Men’s 15-member squad in their upcoming CK Nayudu Trophy’s Elite Group B match against Mumbai to be played in Nagpur from January 7-10, 2024. Aniket Pande has been named his deputy.

VCA U-23 Team: Mandar Mahale (C), Aniket Pande (VC & Wk), Prerit Agrawal, Satyam Bhoyar, Aman Mokhade, Danish Malewar, Faiz Sheikh, Neel Athaley (wk), Ganesh Bhosale, Gaurav Farde, Pravin Rokade, Praful Hinge, Tejas Soni, Rahul Dongarwar, Pratham Maheshwari.

Coach: Ranjeet Paradkar. Trainer: Mohammad Hashim. Manager: Mohammad Sabir. Physio: Akash Asthana. Video Analyst: Ajinkya Sawale.