Chennai: Tamil Nadu on Tuesday chose Wicketkeeper-Experienced Dipped Dinesh Karthik and All-Rounder Washington Sundar in the 20s forces for the Cricket Tournament Trophy Vijay Hazare.
Karthik missed the Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament which was won by Tamil Nadu in New Delhi on Monday due to injury while Washington Sundar had no action since the England tour earlier this year and was undergoing rehabilitation in Bengaluru.
Tamil Nadu, in Elite Group ‘B’, will play a preliminary match in Thiruvananthapuram.
This opened his campaign against Mumbai on December 8.
The team will be led by the All-Rounder Vijay Shankar, who attended the party to win at Trophy Mushtaq Ali, while the opening and jagousesan has been named after his deputy, according to the release of TNCA.
Pacer T Natarajan, who returned in the Mushtaq Ali trophy after lay-off which had been forced by injury, had been ignored.
Sandeep Warrier, M Mohammed, P Saravana Kumar and J Caira formed a temporary Spin Department included R Sai Kishore, M Ashwin, M Siddharth and R Sanjay Yadav, apart from Washington Sundar.
The ALL-Rounder B Aparajith, who is currently the ‘A’ Indian team in South Africa, will join the team, if available, later, the release said.
His twin brother B Indrajith, who is not part of the squad for the Mushtaq Ali trophy, has been included in the team.
Team: Vijay Shankar (Captain), N Jagousesan (Vice-Captain), Dinesh Karthik, C Day Nishaanth, M Sihrukh Khan, M Ashwin, Sandeep Warrier, MS Washington Sundar, M Sai Sudharsan, V Ganga Sridhar Raju, M Mohammed, J Caira, P Saravana Kumar, L Suryaprakash, B Indrajith, R Sanjay Yadav, M Kaushik Gandhi, R character.
Karthik, Sundar returned to the TN squad for the Vijay Hazare trophy
