The BCCI's selection panel has released a list of names for the Irani Trophy as well as the NKP Salve Challenger Series.
some stand some fall
The panel announced the three teams for the Challenger Series that will be played between the 8th to the 11th of October as well as the Rest of India team led by Virender Sehwag for the competition on the 1st of October. This will then mark Sehwag's return since having been last seen in the IPL 2 in South Africa and his absence on the field caused quite the controversy during the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England.
For the Challenger Series, Mohammad Kaif becomes the most notable absentee, raising questions about his future despite his scores in the Ranji Trophy.
Three players who will be involved in the Champions League Twenty20 have also been named in the Irani Trophy squad. These include Sehwag who is the captain of the Delhi Daredevils in the IPL, Pragyan Ojha for the Hyderabad Deccan Chargers and Virat Kohli for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
Yuvraj Singh will captain the India Red team while Suresh Raina leds the India Green team and Mahendra Singh Dhoni's India Blue includes powerhouse performer, Sachin Tendulkar
Rest of India team for Irani Trophy:
Virender Sehwag (captain), M Vijay, Virat Kohli, S Badrinath, Manoj Tiwary, Ravindra Jadeja, Irfan Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), S Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Pragyan Ojha, Kedar Jadhav, Abhinav Mukund, Uday Kaul, Sudeep Tyagi
Challenger Series:
India Red:
Yuvraj Singh (captain), M Vijay, Sunny Sohal, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishank Jaggi, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Sudeep Tyagi, Munaf Patel, Saurabh Tiwary, Ishant Sharma, Harshad Khadiwale
India Green:
Suresh Raina (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Tanmay Srivastava, Irfan Pathan, Ravi Inder Singh, S Badrinath, Chetanya Nanda, Parthiv Patel (wicketkeeper), Manoj Tiwary, Shadab Jakati, L Balaji, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pankaj Singh, Uday Kaul
India Blue:
MS Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Wasim Jaffer, Jalaj Saxena, Suresh Kumar, Kedar Jadhav, Abhishek Nayar, Yusuf Pathan, Naman Ojha (possible wicket keeper), Harbhajan Singh, Siddharth Trivedi, Sreesanth, Ashok Dinda, Dhiraj Goswami
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