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The Hindu
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- The Hindu
Buchi Babu Trophy 2025 Squads: Full list of players and teams
The All India Buchi Babu Invitational Cricket Tournament 2025 will be hosted by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) between August 18 and September 9 across multiple venues in Chennai. The tournament will feature 16 teams, who will be divided into four groups of four each. The league stage of the competition will see teams in each group face off against each other once. The top side from each group will then advance to the semifinals. The summit clash will be held on September 9. Several stars, such as Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sarfaraz Khan, and Ayush Mhatre, will take part in the competition, which serves as preparation for the upcoming domestic season. Here are the full team lists and squads for the 2025 edition of the Buchi Babu Trophy: The Squads Maharashtra: Ankit Bawane (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prithvi Shaw, Siddhesh Veer, Sachin Dhas, Arshin Kulkarni, Harshal Kate, Siddharth Mhatre, Saurabh Nawale (wk), Mandar Bhandari (wk), Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Pradeep Dadhe, Vicky Ostwal, Hitesh Walunj, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar. Mumbai: Ayush Mhatre (c), Musheer Khan, Divyansh Saxena, Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parker (vc), Pragnesh Kanpillewar, Harsh Aghav, Sairaj Patil, Aakash Parkar, Aakash Anand (wk), Hardik Tamore (wk), Shreyas Gurav, Yash Dicholkar, Himanshu Singh, Roystan Dias, Sylvester D'souza, Irfan Umair. Madhya Pradesh: Chanchal Rathore (c), Saksham Purohit, Aryan Tiwari, Shubham Kushwah, Akhil Yadav Nigote, Rudransh Singh, Atharva Mahajan, Varun Tiwari, Soham Patwardhan, Aditya Mishra, Rohit Rajawat, Vishnu Bhardwaj, Anvesh Chawla, Akshat Dwivedi, Madhav Tiwari, Akshat Sharma, Mangesh Yadav, Ishan Choudhary. TNCA President's XI: Pradosh Ranjan Paul (c), C. Andre Siddarth (vc), B. Indrajith, Vijay Shankar, R. Vimal Khumar, S. Radhakrishnan, S. Lokeshwar, G. Ajitesh, J. Hemchudeshan, R.S. Ambrish, C.V. Achyuth, H. Trilok Nag, P. Saravana Kumar, P. Vidyuth, K. Abhinav. TNCA XI: M. Shahrukh Khan (c), Boopathi Vaishna Kumar (Vice-capt.), B. Sachin, M. Siddharth, Tushar Raheja, Kiran Karthikeyan, S. Mohamed Ali, S. Rithik Easwaran, S.R. Athish, S. Lakshay Jain, D.T. Chandrasekar, P. Vignesh, R. Sonu Yadav, D. Deepesh, J. Prem Kumar, A. Esakkimuthu, T.D. Lokesh Raj. Jammu & Kashmir: Qamran Iqbal, Vivrant Sharma, Paras Dogra (c), Yawer Hassan, Abdul Samad, Musaif Ajaz, Kawalpreet Singh, Shivansh Sharma (wk), Abid Mushtaq, Dikshant Kundal, Umran Malik, Umar Nazir, Rohit Sharma, Vanshaj Sharma, Sunil Kumar, Sahil Lotra. Bengal: Sudip Gharami, Anustup Majumdar (c), Abishek Porel, Sumanta Gupta, Aditya Purohit, Saurabh Singh, Chinmoy Singh, Vishal Bhati, Aishik Patel, Karanlal, Vikash Singh Jr., Aamir Gani, Rahul Prasad, Mukesh Kumar, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Ishan Porel, Yudhajit Guha, Nuruddin Mondal, Kanishk Seth, Sumit Mohanta, Subham Sarkar. Punjab: Anmolpreet Singh (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Jaskaranvir Singh Paul, Jass Inder Singh, Prerit Dutta, Ashwani Kumar, Krish Bhagat, Uday Pratap Saharan, Anmol Malhotra, Salil Arora, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Aradhya Shukla, Pukhraj Mann, Raghu Shivam Sharma, Harnoor Singh Pannu. Odisha: Swastik Samal (c), Sandeep Pattnaik, Sambit S Baral, Sumit Sharma, Anil Parida, Sunil Kumar Roul, Tapas Kumar Das, Saideep Mohapatra, Rajesh Dhupar (wk), Badal Biswal, Om T Munde, Tarini Sa, Subhranshu Senapati, Prasant K Rana, Binaya K. Paikaray (wk), Aashirwad Swain (vc) (wk), Ashutosh Chhuria, Kartik Biswal, Govinda Poddar, Piyush Panigrahi. Chhattisgarh: Amandeep Khare (c), Aditya Sarwate, Ashish Chouhan, Ashutosh Singh, Avnish Singh Dhaliwal, Ayush Pandey, Dev Aditya Singh, Harvinder Singh, Mayank Yadav, Rahul Pradhan (wk), Ravi Kiran, Rishi Sharma, Sahban Khan, Sanjeet Desai, Shashank Chandrakar (wk), Shashank Tiwari, Shubham Agarwal, Sourabh Majumdar, Varun Singh Bhuie. Haryana: Ankit Kumar (c), Lakshya Dalal, Himanshu Rana, Yashvardhan Dalal (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Parth Vats, Sumit Kumar, Kanishk Chouhan, Amit Rana, Ajay Singh, Aman Kumar. Baroda: Abhimanyusingh Rajput (c), Nitya Pandya, Akshay More (wk), Sukirt Pandey, Harsh Desai, Mohit Mongia, Parth Kohli, Aryan Chavda, Pradip Yadav, Lakshit Toksiya, Ashutosh Das. Himachal Pradesh: Mayank Dagar (c), Ankush Bains (wk), Ankit Kalsi, Shaurya Saran, Akash Vashisht, Sidhant Purohit, Digvijay Singh Rangi, Apoorav Walia, Divesh Sharma, Hritik Kalia, Abhishek. Jharkhand: TBA Hyderabad: Rahul Singh (c), Hima Teja, Tanmay Agarwal, Abhirath Reddy M, Rahul Radesh (wk), Rohith Rayudu, T. Ravi Teja, Tanay Thyagarajan, Aniketh Reddy, Nishanth, Varun Goud. Indian Railways: Vivek Singh (c), Dinesh Mor (wk), Ashish Singh, Mrunal Devdhar, Navneet Virk, Kush Marathe, Zubair Ali Khan, Akash Pandey, Raj Chaudhary, Adarsh Singh, Himanshu Sangwan.
The Hindu
14 hours ago
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- The Hindu
Ponting's clarity of instruction helped me play with more consistency, says PBKS opener Prabhsimran Singh
Prabhsimran Singh played a key role in Punjab Kings' run to the final in the IPL this year, leading the run-scoring charts for his side. The 25-year-old opener had his best season yet and set a new record for the most runs by an uncapped player in an edition with 549 runs. The opener credited head coach Ricky Ponting for his incredible run in the IPL and said he worked on playing long innings. 'I feel most of the credit goes to Ricky Ponting. He gave me clarity. Ahead of the season, when a youngster has that clarity, he can focus completely on enhancing his game,' said Prabhsimran, who is in Chennai with the Punjab team to take part in the Buchi Babu tournament that starts on Monday. ALSO READ | Buchi Babu Trophy 2025 Squads: Full list of players and teams 'This year, I felt my consistency was better. In previous years, I would play well, but would get out for 30 or 35. I worked a lot on that this year. This year, I tried to take up more responsibility, and I got the results.' The wicket-keeper batter also formed an effective partnership alongside Priyansh Arya and said the duo worked together before the season to understand each other. 'Before the season, we heard that everyone was saying that both are young uncapped openers and questioned it. The captain and coach gave us clarity at the start of the tournament itself that we would be opening. We would train in nets and in practice games, and from there we just matched,' explained Prabhsimran. Looking ahead to the new season, the Punjab opener is hoping to build on his IPL exploits. 'Every player, when he starts playing cricket, it's his dream to play for India. For now, let's see, I'm just waiting. I don't think a lot about all that, I'm just focusing on my game, and if I continue to do well, then hopefully god will give me an opportunity soon.'
Indian Express
3 days ago
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- Indian Express
Buchi Babu Trophy 2025: Full schedule, groups, key squads, match dates and venues
The All India Buchi Babu Trophy 2025 is scheduled to be held ahead of the senior men's domestic cricket season, starting August 18 in Tamil Nadu. Hosted annually in the lead-up to the domestic cricket season, the Buchi Babu Trophy returned after a six-year hiatus in 2023. Considered to be one of the oldest-running cricket tournaments in India, the tournament is named after Mothavarapu Venkata Mahipathi Naidu, popularly known as Buchi Babu Naidu, a pioneer of cricket in Tamil Nadu. MUST READ | Why a cricket tournament dating back to 1909 is still the preferred event for state teams to prepare for Ranji Trophy The tournament will also have several India stars in the competition this time. 16 teams will participate in the competition along with two teams picked by the TNCA – President's XI and TNCA XI. The tournament will be held at multiple venues across Chennai. The winner will take receive Rs. 3 lakh while the runner-up will get Rs. 2 lakh. In the league stage, each game lasts for three days. Each team's first innings will consist of 90 overs, followed by a second innings of 45 overs. Knockout matches are four-day games, with each team batting for 90 overs in both the first and second innings. Buchi Babu Trophy 2025 Groups Group A: TNCA President's XI, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra Group B: Railways, Jammu & Kashmir, Baroda, Odisha Group C: TNCA XI, Mumbai, Haryana, Bengal Group D: Hyderabad, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand. Round 1 (August 18 to 20) TNCA President's XI vs HPCA at Gojan College A Ground TNCA XI vs Mumbai at Gojan College B Ground Chhattisgarh vs Maharashtra at Gurunanak College Jammu & Kashmir vs Indian Railways at MRF-Pachiyappa's Odisha vs Baroda at CPT IP Haryana vs Bengal at AM Jain College MPCA vs Jharkhand at SRM College Hyderabad vs Punjab at Murugappa Ground Round 2 (August 22 to 24) TNCA XI vs Haryana at Gojan College A Ground TNCA President's XI vs Maharashtra at Gojan College B Ground Hyderabad vs Jharkhand at Gurunanak College Punjab vs MPCA at MRF-Pachiyappa's Chhattisgarh vs HPCA at SSN College Jammu & Kashmir vs Baroda at Murugappa Ground Mumbai vs Bengal at IIT Madras Indian Railways vs Odisha at SRM College Round 3 (August 26 to 28) TNCA President's XI vs Chhattisgarh at Gojan College A Ground TNCA XI vs Bengal at Gojan College B Ground Mumbai vs Haryana at MRF-Pachiyappa's Indian Railways vs Baroda at Gurunanak College Hyderabad vs MPCA at AM Jain College Punjab vs Jharkhand at CPT IP Jammu & Kashmir vs Odisha at SSN College Maharashtra vs HPCA at Murugappa Ground Semifinals (August 31 to September 3) Winner of Group A vs Winner of Group B, Venue: TBD Winner of Group C vs Winner of Group D, Venue: TBD Final (September 6 to 9) Venue: TBD When and where to watch Buchi Babu Trophy 2025 matches? The Buchi Babu Trophy 2024 matches will be streamed on the TNCA app and the TNCA YouTube channel. Buchi Babu Trophy 2025 Squads Maharashtra: Ankeet Bawane (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prithvi Shaw, Siddhesh Veer, Sachin Dhas, Arshin Kulkarni, Harshal Kate, Siddharth Mhatre, Saurabh Nawale (WK), Mandar Bhandari (WK), Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Pradeep Dadhe, Vicky Ostwal, Hitesh Walunj, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar. Mumbai: Ayush Mhatre (c), Musheer Khan, Divyansh Saxena, Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parker (vc), P Kanpillewar, Harsh Aghav, Sairaj Patil, Aakash Parkar, Aakash Anand,, Hardik Tamore, Shreyas Gurav, Yash Dicholkar, Himanshu Singh, Roystan Dias, Sylvester Dsouza, Irfan Umair. TNCA President's XI: Pradosh Ranjan Paul (C), C. Andre Siddarth C (Vice-capt.), B. Indrajith, Vijay Shankar, R. Vimal Khumar, S. Radhakrishnan, S. Lokeshwar, G. Ajitesh, J. Hemchudeshan, R.S. Ambrish, C.V. Achyuth, H. Trilok Nag, P. Saravana Kumar, P. Vidyuth, K. Abhinav. TNCA XI: M. Shahrukh Khan (C), Boopathi Vaishna Kumar (Vice-capt.), B. Sachin, M. Siddharth, Tushar Raheja, Kiran Karthikeyan, S. Mohamed Ali, S. Rithik Easwaran, S.R. Athish, S. Lakshay Jain, D.T. Chandrasekar, P. Vignesh, R. Sonu Yadav, D. Deepesh, J. Prem Kumar, A. Esakkimuthu, T.D. Lokesh Raj. Jammu and Kashmir: Qamran Iqbal, Vivrant Sharma, Paras Dogra, Yawer Hassan, Abdul Samad, Musaif Ajaz, Kawalpreet Singh, Shivansh Sharma, Abid Mushtaq, Dikshant Kundal, Umran Malik, Umar Nazir, Rohit Sharma, Vanshaj Sharma, Sunil Kumar & Sahil Lotra.
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Business Standard
6 days ago
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- Business Standard
Sai Kishore, Pradosh to lead TN squads for Buchi Babu Tournament 2025
The prestigious All India Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament is set to return to Chennai from August 18 to September 9, and Tamil Nadu has announced two strong squads for the competition. R. Sai Kishore will captain the TNCA President's XI, while Pradosh Ranjan Paul will lead the TNCA XI, as preparations ramp up ahead of a demanding domestic season. The squads feature a mix of experienced campaigners and young talent. Notably, four members of Tamil Nadu's Cooch Behar Trophy-winning team, K. Abhinav, J. Hemchudeshan, D. Deepesh, and R.S. Ambrish, have been rewarded for their performances and included in the two squads. Meanwhile, senior players such as Sandeep Warrier, Gurjapneet Singh, and N. Jagadeesan have been given a break from the tournament. With a long domestic season ahead, the TN selectors have opted to manage workloads and ensure key players are rested ahead of more high-stakes competitions. The TNCA President's XI boasts seasoned names including B. Indrajith, Vijay Shankar, M. Shahrukh Khan, and Sai Kishore himself, while also featuring emerging talents like R. Vimal Khumar and C. Andre Siddarth, who will serve as vice-captain. The TNCA XI, on the other hand, includes a promising blend of youth and experience with players like Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, B. Sachin, and the aforementioned Tushar Raheja ready to make their mark. As one of the country's oldest invitational tournaments, the Buchi Babu Trophy remains a crucial stage for domestic players to showcase their skills and stake claims for higher honours. With a host of emerging stars and experienced heads in the mix, the upcoming edition promises exciting cricket and opportunities for Tamil Nadu's next generation of talent. Squads TNCA President's XI: R. Sai Kishore (Capt.), C. Andre Siddarth C (Vice-capt.), B. Indrajith, Vijay Shankar, M. Shahrukh Khan, R. Vimal Khumar, S. Radhakrishnan, S. Lokeshwar, G. Ajitesh, J. Hemchudeshan, M. Siddharth, R.S. Ambrish, C.V. Achyuth, H. Trilok Nag, P. Saravana Kumar and K. Abhinav. TNCA XI: Pradosh Ranjan Paul (Capt.), Boopathi Vaishna Kumar (Vice-capt.), B. Sachin, Tushar Raheja, Kiran Karthikeyan, S. Mohamed Ali, S. Rithik Easwaran, S.R. Athish, S. Lakshay Jain, D.T. Chandrasekar, P. Vidyuth, R. Sonu Yadav, D. Deepesh, J. Prem Kumar, A. Esakkimuthu and T.D. Lokesh Raj.
