Varun Chakaravarthy will lead Tamil Nadu on this yr’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 match that begins on November 26. The TNCA’s senior choice committee has named a 16-member squad for the home T20 competitors, with N. Jagadeesan named because the vice-captain.
Will probably be the primary time main TN for Varun, and the selectors have determined at hand the baton to the thriller spinner, contemplating his worldwide and IPL expertise.
Other than the standard names, the 2 breakout stars of this yr’s TNPL, V.P. Amith Sathvik and A. Esakkimuthu, have been handed their maiden TN call-up. Amith and Esakkimuthu performed key roles of their aspect IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans’ triumph. Amith fashioned a formidable mixture alongside opener Tushar Raheja, and the duo gave their aspect brisk begins whereas Esakkimuthu caught everybody’s consideration together with his speedy tempo and completed second on the wickets charts (14 scalps).
Tamil Nadu is slotted in Elite Group-D, which incorporates Delhi, Saurashtra, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Tripura.
TN squad for SMAT 2025:
Varun Chakaravarthy (C), N. Jagadeesan (VC), Tushar Raheja (WK), Amith Sathvik, Shahrukh Khan, Andre Siddharth, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Shivam Singh, R. Sai Kishore, M. Siddharth, T. Natarajan, Gurjapneet Singh, A. Esakkimuthu, Sonu Yadav, R. Silambarasan, Rithik Easwaran (WK).
Revealed on Nov 13, 2025