Mohammad Kaif Not to Play T20 League; Unadkat, Uthappa, Fazal to Turn Up for Their States

Mohammad Kaif will not play the upcoming Zonal T20 league, as he has not been named in the Chhattisgarh squad. Kaif, who has now turned into a commentator and coach, played a few Ranji Trophy games in the season before he decided not to play.

The upcoming T20 tournament is a platform for youngsters to attract IPL bid. Hence, Kaif decided not to play, as it looks. Kaif was the coach of Gujarat Lions in the previous season, and this season too, he might look for the same role in IPL.

He is yet to announce his retirement, but he might not play for the team from next season. Reports had suggested that he was in contention to become the coach of Afghanistan but the team appointed Phil Simmons as a coach instead. Chhattisgarh play it’s first match against Vidarbha on January 8.

Squad: Vishal Kushwah, Amandeep Khare, Sahil Gupta, Abhimanyu Chauhan, Pankaj Kumar Rao, Ashutosh Singh, Shashank Chandraker, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manoj Singh, Nitish Rao, Sumit Ruikar, Jatin Saxena, Shahnawaz Hussain, Shakeeb Ahmed, Shivendra Singh.

Unadkat, Uthappa to turn up for Saurashtra –

Jaydev Unadkat and Robin Uthappa will turn up for Saurashtra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Zonal League. They will be star attractions from the team which includes key players like Jaydev Shah, Sheldon Jackson, Arpit Vasavada, to name a few.

However, the performance of Unadkat and Uthappa will draw main attention, as these two are expected to go for huge amounts in IPL auction, to be held after the completion of the T20 tournament.

While Unadkat played for Rising Pune Supergiant in the last season, Uthappa turned up for Kolkata Knight Riders. Riding on his IPL performance, Unadkat also made a comeback to international cricket, which will go in his favour on the auction day. Uthappa – if he does well – is expected to be back for KKR, as the franchise is expected to use the Right to Match Card on him.

Saurashtra will kick off their journey with fire game against Maharashtra on January 8.

Squad: Arpit Vasavada, Agnivesh Ayachi, Himalaya Barad, Jay Chauhan, Yuvraj Chudasama, Rajdeep Darbar, Sheldon Jackson, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Chirag
Jani, Prerak Mankad, Kishan Parmar, Kushang Patel, Chetan Sakariya, Shaurya
Sanandia, Jaydev Shah, Jaydev Unadkat, Robin Uthappa.

Faiz Fazal to lead Ranji Champions in T20 league –

Ranji Trophy champions, Vidarbha, announced their squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2018. Skipper Faiz Fazal, Karn Sharma, Ganesh Satish form the core group.

Wasim Jaffer will not play the tournament to make way for the youngsters. Rajneesh Gurbani, who was called by Mumbai Indians for trials, will be the star attraction from Vidarbha.

Ambidextrous bowler, Akshay Karnewar will too turn up for Vidarbha. He was part of Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2017.

The performance of Karn Sharma will be the key for the side, as he is a T20 specialist. It is to be noted, he was highest paid Indian player in the last auction and, in this auction as well, he is expected to do wonders.

Vidarbha faces Chhattisgarh in their first contest on January 8.

Squad: Faiz Fazal, Ganesh Satish, Rushabh Rathod, Ravi Jangid, Rajneesh Gurbani, Akshay Karnewar, Siddhesh Neral, Aditya Sarwate, Jitesh Sharma, Karn Sharma, Ravikumar Thakur, Akshay Vinod Wadkar, Shrikant Wagh, Akshay Wakhare, Apoorv Wankhade.

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