Promising batters Ravichandran Smaran of Karnataka and Andre Siddarth of Tamil Nadu had been on Sunday added to South Zone squad for the Duleep Trophy ultimate.
South Zone will face Central Zone within the five-day title conflict right here on the BCCI Centre of Excellence grounds from September 11.
The 22-year-old Smaran and the 19-year-old Siddarth had been within the standbys checklist throughout the semifinal part, and now that they’ve been promoted to the principle squad, Aniket Reddy of Hyderabad and Ajay Rohera of Pondicherry have been added as standbys.
Smaran and Siddarth had been added to the principle squad after N Jagadeesan and Devdutt Padikkal had been drafted into the India A squad for the 2 unofficial Assessments in opposition to Australia at Lucknow.
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Jagadeesan had made 197 for South within the first innings in opposition to North Zone within the semifinals, serving to his aspect to 536.
It was sufficient for South to realize a primary innings result in enter the Duleep Trophy ultimate, after bowling out North for 361.
The Tamil Nadu wicketkeeper batter additionally made an unbeaten 52 within the second innings, whereas Padikkal made 57 and 16 not out in two innings.
Printed on Sep 07, 2025