Amidst the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, KL Rahul got a place in another team, the veteran was dropped.
KL Rahul
KL Rahul Vijay Hazare Trophy: Indian team’s star opener KL Rahul is currently a part of the Indian team on Australia tour. He has taken the responsibility of opening in the first two matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Now meanwhile, KL Rahul has been included in the list of probables in Karnataka’s team for Vijay Hazare Trophy. The last match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played from 3 to 7 January 2025.
Devdutt Padikkal and famous Krishna are also included
Apart from KL Rahul, Prasidh Krishna, Devdutt Padikkal have also got a place in the probable team of Karnataka. Both these players are part of Team India on Australia tour. Devdutt played at number 3 in the first test match. At the same time, Prasidh has not got a chance in the playing eleven of even a single match. On the other hand, Rahul had performed well in the first test match, but in the second match he has not been able to perform as per his name.
Manish Pandey did not get place
Karnataka Cricket Association Selection Committee Chief J. Abhiram said that Manish’s career has been excellent. There is no doubt about it. But at some level you have to make way for the youth. We have some exciting young batsmen. Prakhar Chaturvedi, Anishwar Gautam, K.V. Anish. The more opportunities they get, the better. Manish Pandey has been dropped from the Karnataka team in all formats. Now it is up to the youth to make full use of all the opportunities. He said that I have talked to Pandey.
35 year old Manish Pandey has had an excellent first class career. So far, he has scored 7973 runs in 118 first matches, which includes 25 centuries. Apart from this, he has 6310 runs in his name in 192 List-A matches. Apart from this, he has played 29 ODI and 39 T20 International matches for the Indian team. He is currently out of Team India and now he has been shown the way out of Karnataka team also.
Vijay Hazare Trophy starting from 21st December
Vijay Hazare Trophy is starting from 21st December. Karnataka team will play its first match on this day. Karnataka has been placed in Group C for this tournament. Apart from Karnataka, this group includes teams from Puducherry, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Saurashtra, Punjab.
Karnataka’s probable team for Vijay Hazare Trophy:
KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Prasidh Krishna, Devdutt Padikkal, L.R. Chetan, McNeil Noronha, Shreyas Gopal, KL Srijit, Abhinav Manohar, Manoj Bhandage, Hardik Raj, V. Kaushik, Vidyadhar Patil, Shubhang Hegde, Abhilash Shetty, Mohsin Khan, R. Smaran, Lavnith Sisodia, V. Vaishakh, Manwant Kumar, Yashovardhan Parantap, Praveen Dubey, M. Venkatesh, Nikin Jose, KV Aneesh, K. Sasikumar, Paras Gurbux Arya, Shikhar Shetty, Kishan Bedare, Harshil Dharmani, Vidavath Kavarappa, Kruthik Krishna.
