Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017/18: Ishan Kishan Appointed As Captain Of Jharkhand

Ishan Kishan has been named as the captain of Jharkhand for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy. Kishan was preferred over Varun Aaron and Saurabh Tiwary for the job; who have led the team in past. Kishan has experience of leading a team as he was the captain of India U19 that qualified for the finals of U19 World Cup in 2016. Though, this will be the first time when he will lead a team in senior cricket.

Recently, the former U19 player drew limelight when he was bought by Mumbai Indians for a sky-rocketing amount of  Rs 6.20 Crore. Youngster Virat Singh has been appointed as deputy to Kishan. Virat has also played for India U19 in past but missed the bus for the World Cup.

Jharkhand will miss the services of their List A captain, MS Dhoni, who is in South Africa with the national side for the limited overs series. Dhoni though did not play Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Jharkhand but has always played the List A tournament since his retirement from domestic cricket.

Jharkhand side includes likes of Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Monu Singh and Varun Aaron. Tiwary, Nadeem, and Monu found a buyer in the IPL auction whereas Aaron surprisingly went unsold. Tiwary was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 80 Lakh whereas Nadeem was retained by Delhi Daredevils by the use of Right to Match (RTM) card for an amount of Rs 3.2 Crore. Monu went to Chennai Super Kings at his base price, Rs 20 Lakh.

The team will miss out on the services of Ishank Jaggi, who suffered an injury during Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The right-handed batsman had himself confirmed that he would not be available to play the List A tournament.

Jharkhand will face Vidarbha, Hyderabad, Services, Saurashtra, Chhattisgarh and Jammu and Kashmir in the tournament.

Meanwhile, Delhi, Bengal, and Mumbai have also announced their teams for the tournament. Ishant Sharma will lead a star-studded Delhi tea whereas Manoj Tiwary will be leading Bengal in the List A tournament. Aditya Tare has been retained as the captain of Mumbai for the 50-over tournament.

Squad: Ishan Kishan (Captain), Virat Singh, Nazim Siddiqui, Sumit Kumar, Kumar Debabrata, Saurabh Tiwary Atul Singh Surwar, Uttarkash Singh, Aditya Roy, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rahul Shukla, Monu Singh, Varun Aron, Jaskaran Singh, Vikash Singh.

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