In a significant increase to Tamil Nadu, opener B. Sai Sudharsan has recovered from his sports activities hernia harm and can return to motion for the crew’s Ranji Trophy quarterfinal conflict with Vidarbha in Nagpur, beginning on Saturday.
Sai Sudharsan has been out of motion for the reason that Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in November and underwent surgical procedure within the UK in December. With middle-order mainstay B. Indrajith dominated out after selecting up a calf harm throughout the ultimate league sport in opposition to Jharkhand in Jamshedpur, Sai Sudharsan’s return has come on the proper time for TN.
In the meantime, pacer R. Sonu Yadav too has recovered from an harm that he picked throughout the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and has been included within the squad. Alongside Sonu, medium-pacer G. Govind too has been added to the 16-man contingent.
The Sai Kishore-led aspect misplaced to Jharkhand by 44 runs and made it to the knockouts by the pores and skin of its tooth. Saurashtra, Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh all completed on 25 factors however the first two made it to the final eight by advantage of getting larger bonus factors – three and two – respectively. TN may have its activity lower out in opposition to a mighty Vidarbha in its yard. The Akshay Wadkar-led aspect topped the group stage with 40 factors which included six outright victories out of seven.
The squad: R. Sai Kishore (Capt.), N. Jagadeesan (vice-capt), S. Mohamed Ali, B. Sai Sudharsan, Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, Vijay Shankar, C. Andre Siddarth, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, M. Mohammed, S. Ajith Ram, R. Sonu Yadav, H. Trilok Nag, C.V. Achyuth, S. Lokeshwar, M. Siddharth, G. Govind.
Printed – February 03, 2025 08:23 pm IST
