Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018-19- Suresh Raina to captain Uttar Pradesh

Earlier in July, Suresh Raina made a comeback to the Indian One Day team after a gap of three years, but couldn’t make much of an impact with the willow after which he was sidelined for the ongoing Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, he has reasons to cheer for the fact that he has been named as the captain of Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy.

The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) put forth a 16-man squad in which the experienced campaigner was included. The squad has quite a few names, who have plied their trade with the big boys of the cricketing world. Rinku Singh, who has played under Dinesh Karthik’s leadership for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the cash-rich IPL got an opportunity.

A number of big names

Ankit Rajpoot played handsomely for Kings XI Punjab this season and he’ll get his chance to showcase his prowess in the upcoming event as well. Uttar Pradesh is placed in Elite Group B and are scheduled to play their first match against Saurashtra at Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi. Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Hyderabad, Delhi, and Kerala are the remaining teams in the group. Last time around, Akshdeep Nath led the team, which didn’t have an auspicious outing.

They managed only three wins out of six matches and subsequently crashed out of the tournament. They slumped to defeats against Delhi, Maharashtra, and Kerala. For the time being Raina will be hoping to perform decently and stake his claim back into the Indian team, which will next play the Windies in October and November at home.

Here is the squad

Suresh Raina (captain), Akshdeep Nath, Shivam Chaudhary, Umang Sharma, Rinku Singh, Priyam Garg, Samarth Singh, Upendra Yadav, Abhishek Goswami, Saurabh Kumar, Shiva Singh, Ankit Rajpoot, Shivam Mavi, Amit Mishra, Yash Dalal, Mohsin Khan.

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