Kohli, Dhawan to play under Gambhir Captaincy

India Test chief Virat Kohli, head batsman Shikhar Dhawan and speedster Ishant Sharma have been named in the Delhi one-day side which will be driven by Gautam Gambhir for the North Zone leg of the Vijay Hazare Trophy between December 10 and 18. [ Live Cricket Scorecard ]

The trio has been chosen remembering that India's voyage through Pakistan takes a gander right now and there is a one month window before the group goes to Australia in January for the constrained overs arrangement.

In the event that the Pakistan arrangement happens, three stand byes have additionally been reported.

Be that as it may, the choice council led by Vinay Lamba couldn't give a persuading answer in the matter of why India's present Test chief and a productive one-day player like Kohli was not named skipper in the event that he is accessible.

"We had reported Gautam as the commander for the entire season as the universal players shouldn't be accessible. I don't think one ought to make a major issue if Virat plays under Gautam," Lamba said after the meeting was held at the Roshanara ground.

In any case, he elucidated that the selectors are yet to address the India players affirming their accessibility.

A comparative instance of miscommunication had happened when Ishant Sharma was not at first named in the four-day squad regardless of being accessible as he couldn't be reached for the season of the meeting.

"Look we have not had any immediate contact with the players but rather we would not like to take any risks in the event that they are accessible. In any case, as a security measure, we have kept three stand byes likewise," Lamba said.

Curiously, when Kohli played for Delhi in a Challengers Trophy competition in 2013, he drove the side that had both Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.

For the record, veteran pacer Ashish Nehra, who has stopped the more drawn out organization, has been chosen in the one-day side.

Squad: Gautam Gambhir (chief), Unmukt Chand, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Nitish Rana, Milind Kumar, Manan Sharma, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Pradeep Sangwan, Ishant Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Subodh Bhati, Shivam Sharma, Rahul Yadav (wk).

Stand byes: Dhruv Shorey (Shikhar Dhawan), Vaibhav Rawal (Virat Kohli), Vikas Tokas (Ishant Sharma).