Duleep Trophy: Mandeep Singh to captain North Zone, Manoj Tiwary to lead East Zone

Duleep Trophy is scheduled to be played in Tamil Nadu from September 8-25.

|Aug 25, 2022, 21:45:15 IST

New Delhi: Punjab's hard-hitting top-order batter Mandeep Singh was on Thursday appointed captain of the North Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy.

The tournament is scheduled to be played in Tamil Nadu from September 8-25. Experienced Delhi batter Dhruv Shorey will be Mandeep's deputy in the premier zonal event.

Bengal's seasoned run-machine Manoj Tiwary will lead the East Zone team, and he will be assisted by Jharkhand's Virat Singh.

Meanwhile, veteran India pacer Ishant Sharma has made himself available for the Ranji Trophy.

Among others, the North Zone side also comprises India pacer Navdeep Saini, Punjab seamer Siddharth Kaul and India U-19 World Cup-winning captain Yash Dhull of Delhi.

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