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Business Standard
2 days ago
- Sport
- Business Standard
Tilak Varma to captain South Zone in the 2025 Edition of Duleep Trophy
India batter N Tilak Varma was on Sunday named as the South Zone skipper in the season-opening Duleep Trophy to be held here next month. The 22-year-old Tilak, who has played four ODIs and 25 T20Is, was in fine touch for Hampshire recently, smashing 100, 56, 47 and 112 in four innings for the English county side. Kerala players were rewarded for their excellent run till the Ranji Trophy final as four players from the state found place in the 16-member squad. They were: Mohammed Azharuddeen, who will be Tilak's deputy, MD Nidheesh, Basil NP and Salman Nizar. Tamil Nadu batter Narayan Jagadeesan, who has flown to England as a cover for the injured Rishabh Pant, senior left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore and middle-order batter Devdutt Padikkal too are in the squad. India and Karnataka pacer Vyshak Vijaykumar will lead the South Zone bowling attack. Meanwhile, prolific batter R Smaran, who was Karnataka's highest run-getter in last season's Ranji Trophy with 516 runs, has been included as a standby, possibly because of the unspecified injury that he picked up in May that prevented him from joining IPL side Sunrisers Hyderabad. This year the Duleep Trophy will return to the Zonal format between six teams, deviating from the previous years' set-up of India A, B, C and D. The senior national selectors picked the sides when the tournament was played in the A, B, C and D format, but now the teams will be picked by respective zone selectors. The four-day tournament will be played here at the BCCI Centre of Excellence grounds from August 28. North Zone will face East Zone while Central Zone will take on North East Zone in the quarterfinal matches. South Zone and West Zone have got a direct entry into the semifinals. South Zone squad: Tilak Varma (captain), Mohammed Azharuddeen (vice-captain), Tanmay Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, Narayan Jagadeesan, T. Vijay (Andhra), R Sai Kishore, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vyshak Vijaykumar, MD Nidheesh, Ricky Bhui, Basil NP, Gurjapneet Singh, Snehal Kauthankar. Stand-by: Mohit Redkar, R Smaran, Ankit Sharma, Edhen Apple Tom, Andre Siddarth, Shaikh Rasheed.
NDTV
2 days ago
- Sport
- NDTV
Tilak Varma To Lead South Zone In Duleep Trophy
India batter N Tilak Varma was on Sunday named as the South Zone skipper in the season-opening Duleep Trophy to be held in Bengaluru next month. The 22-year-old Tilak, who has played four ODIs and 25 T20Is, was in fine touch for Hampshire recently, smashing 100, 56, 47 and 112 in four innings for the English county side. Kerala players were rewarded for their excellent run till the Ranji Trophy final as four players from the state found place in the 16-member squad. They were: Mohammed Azharuddeen, who will be Tilak's deputy, MD Nidheesh, Basil NP and Salman Nizar. Tamil Nadu batter Narayan Jagadeesan, who has flown to England as a cover for the injured Rishabh Pant, senior left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore and middle-order batter Devdutt Padikkal too are in the squad. India and Karnataka pacer Vyshak Vijaykumar will lead the South Zone bowling attack. Meanwhile, prolific batter R Smaran, who was Karnataka's highest run-getter in last season's Ranji Trophy with 516 runs, has been included as a standby, possibly because of the unspecified injury that he picked up in May that prevented him from joining IPL side Sunrisers Hyderabad. This year the Duleep Trophy will return to the Zonal format between six teams, deviating from the previous years' set-up of India A, B, C and D. The senior national selectors picked the sides when the tournament was played in the A, B, C and D format, but now the teams will be picked by respective zone selectors. The four-day tournament will be played here at the BCCI Centre of Excellence grounds from August 28. North Zone will face East Zone while Central Zone will take on North East Zone in the quarterfinal matches. South Zone and West Zone have got a direct entry into the semifinals. South Zone squad: Tilak Varma (captain), Mohammed Azharuddeen (vice-captain), Tanmay Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, Narayan Jagadeesan, T. Vijay (Andhra), R Sai Kishore, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vyshak Vijaykumar, MD Nidheesh, Ricky Bhui, Basil NP, Gurjapneet Singh, Snehal Kauthankar. Stand-by: Mohit Redkar, R Smaran, Ankit Sharma, Edhen Apple Tom, Andre Siddarth, Shaikh Rasheed.i (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
India Today
2 days ago
- Sport
- India Today
Tilak Varma to lead South Zone in Duleep Trophy: Report
India batter N Tilak Varma was on Sunday named as the South Zone skipper in the season-opening Duleep Trophy to be held here next month. The 22-year-old Tilak, who has played four ODIs and 25 T20Is, was in fine touch for Hampshire recently, smashing 100, 56, 47 and 112 in four innings for the English county players were rewarded for their excellent run till the Ranji Trophy final as four players from the state found place in the 16-member squad. They were: Mohammed Azharuddeen, who will be Tilak's deputy, MD Nidheesh, Basil NP and Salman Nizar. Tamil Nadu batter Narayan Jagadeesan, who has flown to England as a cover for the injured Rishabh Pant, senior left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore and middle-order batter Devdutt Padikkal are also in the and Karnataka pacer Vyshak Vijaykumar will lead the South Zone bowling attack. Meanwhile, prolific batter R Smaran, who was Karnataka's highest run-getter in last season's Ranji Trophy with 516 runs, has been included as a standby, possibly because of the unspecified injury that he picked up in May that prevented him from joining IPL side Sunrisers year, the Duleep Trophy will return to the Zonal format between six teams, deviating from the previous years' set-up of India A, B, C and D. The senior national selectors picked the sides when the tournament was played in the A, B, C and D format, but now the teams will be picked by respective zone selectors. The four-day tournament will be played here at the BCCI Centre of Excellence grounds from August Zone will face East Zone while Central Zone will take on North East Zone in the quarterfinal matches. South Zone and West Zone have got direct entry into the semifinals. advertisementSouth Zone squadTilak Varma (captain), Mohammed Azharuddeen (vice-captain), Tanmay Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, Narayan Jagadeesan, T. Vijay (Andhra), R Sai Kishore, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vyshak Vijaykumar, MD Nidheesh, Ricky Bhui, Basil NP, Gurjapneet Singh, Snehal Mohit Redkar, R Smaran, Ankit Sharma, Edhen Apple Tom, Andre Siddarth, Shaikh Rasheed.- Ends
News18
2 days ago
- Sport
- News18
Tilak Varma to lead South Zone in Duleep Trophy
Agency: PTI Last Updated: Bengaluru, Jul 27 (PTI) India batter N Tilak Varma was on Sunday named as the South Zone skipper in the season-opening Duleep Trophy to be held here next month. The 22-year-old Tilak, who has played four ODIs and 25 T20Is, was in fine touch for Hampshire recently, smashing 100, 56, 47 and 112 in four innings for the English county side. Kerala players were rewarded for their excellent run till the Ranji Trophy final as four players from the state found place in the 16-member squad. They were: Mohammed Azharuddeen, who will be Tilak's deputy, MD Nidheesh, Basil NP and Salman Nizar. Tamil Nadu batter Narayan Jagadeesan, who has flown to England as a cover for the injured Rishabh Pant, senior left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore and middle-order batter Devdutt Padikkal too are in the squad. India and Karnataka pacer Vyshak Vijaykumar will lead the South Zone bowling attack. Meanwhile, prolific batter R Smaran, who was Karnataka's highest run-getter in last season's Ranji Trophy with 516 runs, has been included as a standby, possibly because of the unspecified injury that he picked up in May that prevented him from joining IPL side Sunrisers Hyderabad. This year the Duleep Trophy will return to the Zonal format between six teams, deviating from the previous years' set-up of India A, B, C and D. The senior national selectors picked the sides when the tournament was played in the A, B, C and D format, but now the teams will be picked by respective zone selectors. The four-day tournament will be played here at the BCCI Centre of Excellence grounds from August 28. North Zone will face East Zone while Central Zone will take on North East Zone in the quarterfinal matches. South Zone and West Zone have got a direct entry into the semifinals. South Zone squad: Tilak Varma (captain), Mohammed Azharuddeen (vice-captain), Tanmay Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, Narayan Jagadeesan, T. Vijay (Andhra), R Sai Kishore, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vyshak Vijaykumar, MD Nidheesh, Ricky Bhui, Basil NP, Gurjapneet Singh, Snehal Kauthankar. Stand-by: Mohit Redkar, R Smaran, Ankit Sharma, Edhen Apple Tom, Andre Siddarth, Shaikh Rasheed. PTI UNG KHS view comments First Published: July 27, 2025, 18:15 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
India.com
5 days ago
- Sport
- India.com
Good news for Nita Ambani, star player from Mumbai Indians in red-hot form, he has…
Nita Ambani's Mumbai Indians lost to PBKS in the IPL 2025 Qualifier 2 match. (Photo: IANS) Nita Ambani's Mumbai Indians may have failed to reach the IPL 2025 final this year but there is some good news for the owner after the end of the T20 league last month. Star player from Hardik Pandya's MI is in red-hot form in County Championships currently. We are talking about MI star batter Tilak Varma, who notched up his second hundred for Hampshire, in just his third match for the County side. Tilak hammered 112 off 256 balls with 2 sixes and 13 fours to guide Hampshire to relative safety against Nottinghamshire in their ongoing County Championship Division One match. Batting first Nottinghamshire posted a massive 578 for 8 declared with Lyndon James scoring an unbeaten 203 off 236 balls and Jack Haynes notching up a century. In reply, Hampshire were 367 for 6 thanks to Tilak's brilliant century. The MI and Team India batter was particularly severe of Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Abbas, not letting him settle into any groove. WATCH Tilak Varma score a century against Nottinghamshire HERE… Tilak Varma doing what he does best. The highlights of his classy century against Nottinghamshire — Rothesay County Championship (@CountyChamp) July 25, 2025 Tilak put on 42 with Nick Gubbins, 58 with Ben Brown and a crucial 126 with Felix Organ to cut short Nottinghamshire's massive first-innings total. Hampshire still need 61 runs to avoid the follow-on but they should be safe from defeat ahead of the final day on Friday. It was Tilak Varma's 7th hundred in just 20 first-class matches with five fifties. He has an impressive average of 52.11. Tilak has an equally impressive record in T20I cricket for Team India, averaging 49.93 from 25 matches with 749 runs and 2 back-to-back centuries against South Africa to his name. In County Championships so far, he has scores of 100 vs Essex, 56 and 47 vs Worcestershire before scoring 112 vs Nottinghamshire. Tilak Varma was retained for Rs 8 crore by Nita Ambani's MI The young Indian batter is an integral part of the Mumbai Indians franchise over the last few years. He was retained for Rs 8 crore ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction last year. He has scored 1499 runs in 54 IPL matches for Mumbai Indians till date. In the IPL 2025 season, Tilak scored 343 runs in 16 matches at a strike-rate of 138.3 with 2 fifties. Hardik Pandya's Mumbai Indians failed to reach the final this season, losing to Punjab Kings in the IPL 2025 Qualifier 2 match.
