Kerala batter Mohammed Azharuddeen on Sunday changed Tilak Varma because the South Zone captain for the Duleep Trophy semifinal in opposition to North Zone, beginning on the BCCI Centre of Excellence on September 4.
Tilak, who was initially named South Zone skipper, is not going to be taking part in the Duleep Trophy after he was named within the India squad for the upcoming Asia Cup.
Azharuddeen was the vice-captain of the aspect, and now that position has been handed to Tamil Nadu’s N. Jagadeesan.
Tamil Nadu left-arm spinner R. Sai Kishore too is not going to be taking part in within the semifinal for South Zone as he’s nonetheless recuperating from a hand damage that compelled him to skip the latest Buchi Babu Trophy. Ankit Sharma of Puducherry and Shaik Rasheed of Andhra have been added to the South squad for the Duleep Trophy final 4 match.
Each gamers had been already named within the standbys. Ankit is a left-arm spinner who has taken 168 wickets from 68 First-Class matches, whereas Rasheed is a 20-year-old top-order batter who has made 1,204 runs from 19 Ranji Trophy video games. He was drafted in by Chennai Tremendous Kings throughout Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
REVISED SOUTH ZONE SQUAD
Mohammed Azharuddeen (c), Tanmay Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, Narayan Jagadeesan, Tripurana Vijay, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Nidheesh MD, Ricky Bhui, Basil NP, Gurjapneet Singh, Snehal Kauthankar, Ankit Sharma, Shaikh Rasheed. Standbys: Mohit Redkar, R. Smaran, Edhen Apple Tom, Andre Siddarth.
Printed on Aug 31, 2025