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Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma and Arshdeep Singh were all named in Punjab's Vijay Hazare trophy squad. (CREIMAS for BCCI)
India’s ODI skipper Shubman Gill and T20 World Cup-bound Abhishek Sharma and Arshdeep Singh were named in Punjab’s squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Monday. This is because of BCCI’s diktat of mandatory participation in the National One-Day Championship when no India games are on.
However, with the New Zealand white ball series starting on January 11 with 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is, Gill and Arshdeep might just be available for 2 to 3 games. Abhishek, who is a T20I regular might be available for more games with the NZ T20Is starting from January 21, 3 days after the end of the VHT tournament on January 18.
Punjab will play their first two games against Maharashtra (December 24) and Chattisgarh (December 26). They are in the same group as Mumbai, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Chhattisgarh and Sikkim.
Meanwhile, India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav and allrounder Shivam Dube have also informed the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) that they will play two Vijay Hazare Trophy games on January 6 and 8 for Mumbai. Mumbai will be playing their 50-over league games in Jaipur starting from December 24 and will start their campaign against Sikkim on Wednesday.
Surya and Dube have confirmed their availability for the matches against Himachal Pradesh and Punjab on January 6 and 8, respectively.
Also, the tournament will be witnessing the participation of Indian icons Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, set to play 2 early round matches for Delhi and Mumbai respectively.
Apart from Kohli, the Delhi team for the first two games includes wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant and fast bowlers Ishant Sharma, Navdeep Saini and Harshit Rana. Pant has been named captain of the squad with Ayush Badoni as deputy. Rana, who played the five-match T20 series against South Africa, hasn’t confirmed to the selectors when he will join the squad.
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Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma, along with Mumbai captain Shardul Thakur are expected to reach Jaipur on Monday and will take part in Mumbai’s practice session on Tuesday.
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