Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 4 (ANI): Devdutt Padikkal and Mohammed Siraj have been added to the South Zone squad for the Duleep Trophy 2026 closing towards East Zone set to be performed on Sunday, in Chennai, in response to Cricinfo.
South Zone captain Tilak Varma, together with East Zone duo Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Ishan Kishan, are additionally anticipated to characteristic within the closing, until the Indian workforce administration makes a late request for them to be rested.
Varma, Sooryavanshi and Kishan are a part of India’s squad for the three-match T20I collection towards Afghanistan, which begins simply three days after the scheduled conclusion of the Duleep Trophy closing on September 10.
Whereas it stays unclear which two gamers they are going to substitute, Padikkal and Siraj have been added to the squad as a part of the workforce administration’s plan to maintain the Take a look at gamers match-ready and in rhythm.
After his unbeaten 116 and 51 helped South Zone beat North Zone within the semi-final, Tilak Varma expressed his need to characteristic within the Duleep Trophy closing, saying the hole earlier than becoming a member of India’s Afghanistan collection would enable him sufficient time to relaxation and practice.
‘I might like to play the ultimate. This match has simply completed, however I believe the Afghanistan recreation is on the thirteenth. I’m able to play the ultimate. After that now we have two days of break in between, and if I report on the eleventh additionally I can practise for a day and from there I can go and play the match,’ Varma had stated after the match, as quoted by Cricinfo.
Notably, Padikkal gave a Participant-of-the-Collection efficiency on India’s current Take a look at tour of Sri Lanka, the place he amassed 328 runs in three innings, together with two centuries whereas batting at No. 3. (ANI)
