Pradeep Sangwan named Delhi captain forward of Shikhar Dhawan in Vijay Hazare Trophy
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Pradeep Sangwan has been named Delhi captain forward of Shikhar Dhawan for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day event. While opening batsman Dhawan is included within the squad he’s not anticipated to be obtainable after the primary week of the event resulting from India’s restricted overs collection in opposition to England which begins on March 12.
The Vijay Hazare Trophy is about to start out on February 20 with Delhi dealing with Mumbai of their first match on February 21.
“Shikhar wouldn’t have been able to continue beyond February 28 as he is part of the Indian limited-overs team. He has to join the India team well ahead of the T20I series, probably on March 1,” selector Chetanya Nanda advised IANS.
“He himself suggested that someone who can lead Delhi throughout the tournament — including knockouts if Delhi qualify — should be picked as captain. Dhawan remains a key batsman for us, he is an international player. Pradeep Sangwan is an experienced player. He knows the grassroots level cricket in Delhi,” Nanda additional mentioned.
Sangwan, 30, captained Delhi to the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 title within the 2017/18 season. Batsman Himmat Singh might be vice-captain of the staff.
Squad: Pradeep Sangwan (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Manjot Kalra, Dhruv Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Nitish Rana, Himmat Singh (vice captain), Unmukt Chand, Jonty Sidhu, Lalit Yadav, Siddhant Sharma, Anuj Rawat (wicketkeeper), Lakshay Thareja (wicketkeeper), Hiten Dalal, Kunwar Bidhuri, Vaibhav Kandpal, Simarjeet Singh, Shivank Vashisth, Shivam Sharma, Vision Panchal, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tejas Baroka
