The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday (March 21) reported the squads for India "Red" and India "Blue" for Prof D B Deodhar Trophy 2017.
The two sides will challenge against Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017 victors, Tamil Nadu, in the triangular series that will be played in Vizag between March 25 and 29.
Rohit Sharma and Parthiv Patel have been named to lead the Blue and Red side individually. The squads incorporate a blend of top performers from the as of late closed Vijay Hazare Trophy like Govinda Poddar, Krunal Pandya, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Pankaj Rao, and so on. That separated, even a portion of the periphery India players who have turned into a customary component in the A side like Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Mayank Agarwal, Dhawal Kulkarni, and so forth have likewise been incorporated separated from India's constrained overs regulars, who aren't in the Test side, as Rohit, Shikhar Dhawan, Axar Patel, and so forth.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who drove Jharkhand to the elimination rounds of Vijay Hazare Trophy and set up some fine exhibitions with the bat was an unexpected exclusion from the two squads named by the selectors. In seven innings, he scored 330 at a normal of 66 and a strike rate of 98.8
While Manoj Tiwary has been incorporated into the side at the go down some great show with the willow, selectors have likewise included out of support players like Harbhajan Singh, Ashok Dinda and Ambati Rayudu.
The competition is set to fill in as a decent ground for national and periphery players like Rohit, Manish Pandey, Dhawan, Axar, Jadhav and Gurkeerat Singh with India not anticipated that would play any aggressive 50-over rivalry before the ICC Champions Trophy.
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