India Test skipper Shubman Gill was on Thursday named the North Zone skipper for the season-opening Duleep Trophy to be held in Bengaluru next month.
Pacers Arshdeep Singh and Anshul Kamboj were named in the 15-member squad, with all-rounder Harshit Rana also finding a place.
With the Asia Cup beginning in September, the selectors have included potential replacements for some players — Shubham Rohilla for Gill, Gurnoor Brar for Arshdeep, and Anuj Thakral for Harshit — if called up for national duty.
NORTH ZONE SQUAD
Shubman Gill (c), Shubham Khajuria, Ankit Kumar (vc), Ayush Badoni, Yash Dhull, Ankit Kalsi, Nishant Sindhu, Sahil Lotra, Mayank Dagar, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Auqib Nabi, Kanhaiya Wadhawan (wk)
Stand-by: Shubham Arora (wk), Jaskaranvir Singh Paul, Ravi Chauhan, Abid Mushtaq, Nishunk Birla, Umar Nazir, Divesh Sharma
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