Duleep Trophy: Shubman Gill named North Zone captain

New Delhi: After captaining India to a 2-2 Test series draw in England, Shubman Gill has been appointed as the captain of the North Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy, starting on August 28 in Bengaluru.

 Apart from Gill, who scored 754 runs in the five Tests in England and became India’s Player of the Series, left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh, seamer Anshul Kamboj and fast-bowling all-rounder Harshit Rana are the other notable names in the 15-member squad.

Kamboj had made his Test debut against England in the fourth game at Manchester, while Rana played in India ‘A’ games against England Lions and Arshdeep didn’t get a game to play in the Test series.

The Zonal selection committee, who picked the squad in a meeting in New Delhi on Thursday, also announced that Services’ Shubham Rohilla, Punjab’s Gurnoor Brar and Haryana’s Anuj Thakral will be included in the main squad if either of Gill, Arshdeep and Rana are included for Indian team’s upcoming assignments coinciding with the Duleep Trophy. IANS

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