BCCI has announced the schedule for Deodhar trophy 2018 and Irani Cup 2018 today. The happiest news came for India’s senior off-spinner R. Ashwin. After getting the captaincy of Kings XI Punjab in IPL 11, Ravichandran Ashwin now gets a lifeline as national selection committee named him captain of the India ‘A’ team for the Deodhar Trophy, scheduled to be held in Dharamsala from March 4-8.
India ‘B’ will be led by Shreyas Iyer and the third participating team will be Karnataka who defeated Saurashtra by 41 runs today in the final of Vijay Hazare trophy.
Among the victorious U-19 World Cup team, Shubman Gill and Prithvi Shaw have been included in the India A side.
With finger spinners not in priority at the moment, Ashwin’s performance in the Deodhar Trophy will be keenly monitored even though chances of an ODI comeback at the moment is pretty remote.
The selectors also included speedsters Umesh Yadav, who didn’t get a single game during India’s tour of South Africa. Having dropped in the pecking order behind Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur, Umesh will have a point to prove during the tournament. Mohammed Shami has also been included, who is only regular in test matches for India.
Teams and schedule for Deodhar trophy 2018
India A: Ravichandran Ashwin (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Unmukt Chand, Akshdeep Nath, Shubman Gill, Ricky Bhui, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (wk), Krunal Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep saini, Basil Thampi, Kulwant Khejroliya, Rohit Rayudu.
India B: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ankit Bawne, Manoj Tiwary, Siddhesh Lad, Kona Bharat (wk), Jayant Yadav, Dharmedra jadeja, Hanuma Vihari, Siddarth kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Umesh Yadav, Rajat Patidar.
Matches
| 4 March 2018 09:00 |
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India A
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India B
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Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium,Dharamshala
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5 March 2018
09:00 |
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India B
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Karnataka
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Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium,Dharamshala
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6 March 2018
09:00 |
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India A
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Karnataka
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Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium,Dharamshala
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Final
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8 March 2018
09:00 Scorecard |
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TBD
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TBD
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Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium,Dharamshala
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The selectors also announced the schedule for Irani cup 2018. They also announced Rest Of India squad that will take on Vidharba in Nagpur from March 14-18.
Karun Nair, despite his inconsistent form has been named the captain and the team also has young Prithvi Shaw, Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran, Delhi pacer Navdeep Saini among others.
Teams and schedule for Irani Cup 2018.
Rest of India: Karun Nair (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Abhimanyu Easwaran, R Samarth, Mayank Agarwal,, Hanuma Vihari, KS Bharat (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem, Anmolpreet Singh, Siddarth Kaul, Ankit Rajpoot, Navdeep Saini, Atit Sheth
The match will be played from 14-18 March at Nagpur from 9:30 AM(IST)
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