Rohit Sharma returns to action, to lead India ‘Blue’
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Rohit Sharma returns to action, to lead India ‘Blue’

March 21, 2017

Indian opener Rohit Sharma, who was out of International cricket due to an injury sustain in an ODI match against New Zealand in October 2016, will return to competitive cricket by leading the India ‘Blue’ team in the Prof. D.B. Deodhar Trophy to commence from Mar. 25 at Vizag.

Though, Rohit played to matches for Mumbai in the recently concluded Vijay Hazare Trophy, it didn’t turn out the way he had expected. The Deodhar Tournament will be a real boost for Rohit to prepare himself for Indian Premiere League.

The All India Senior Selection Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also picked the following players  to represent the India ‘Blue’ and India ‘Red’ teams at the Prof. D.B. Deodhar Trophy 2017.

The Teams

India ‘Blue’: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Mandeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ambati Rayudu, Manoj Tiwary, Rishabh Pant (wk), Deepak Hooda, Harbhajan Singh, Krunal Pandya, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddarth Kaul, Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna, Pankaj Rao.

India ‘Red’; Parthiv Patel (Captain & wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Mayank Agarwal, Kedar Jadhav, Ishank Jaggi, Gurkeerat Mann, Axar Patel, Akshay Karnewar, Ashok Dinda, Kulwant Khejroliya, Dhawal Kulkarni, Govinda Poddar, Sreevats Goswami.

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