Nagpur: India international Jitesh Sharma will lead Vidarbha in the knock-out phase of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy to be played in Bengaluru from December 11 to 15.
Vidarbha, who topped Group D after the league phase, will face Mumbai in the quarter-final in Alur on December 11. Vidarbha qualified for the knockout phase after topping Group D with four wins from six matches. Vidarbha’s only loss in the Group D was against Chandigarh as they collected 18 points. As per the tournament rules, all Group toppers directly qualified for the quarter-finals, while the second-placed teams in the groups will feature in the pre-quarter-finals.
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Wednesday 05 Feb. 2025
VCA’s Senior Selection Committee named a 16-member squad which dropped Umesh Yadav from the team which played the league round.
The team: Jitesh Sharma (Captain & wk), Atharva Taide (Vice-captain), Akshay Wadkar (wk), Karun Nair, Apoorva Wankhade, Aman Mokhade, Danish Malewar, Akshay Karnewar, Darshan Nalkande, Dipesh Parwani, Yash Thakur, Parth Rekhade, Harsh Dubey, Praful Hinge, Mandar Mahale, Shubham Dubey.
Coach: Atul Ranade. S&C Coach: Yuvraj Singh Dasondhi. Physio: Dr Nitin Khurana. Video Analyst: Ajeenkya Sawale. Masseur: Raj Singh Chandel. Manager: Jitendra Darbhe.
