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Yuvraj, Harbhajan, Nehra gear up for upcoming National T20

PTI | By, New Delhi
Jan 01, 2016 04:20 PM IST

Veteran cricketers Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra will be looking to get some quality match time before the upcoming T20 series in Australia, as the National Twenty20 championship for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy kicks off on Saturday across four different cities.

Veteran cricketers Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra will be looking to get some quality match time before the upcoming T20 series in Australia, as the National Twenty20 championship for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy kicks off on Saturday across four different cities.

Yuvraj Singh stretches himself as he waits for his turn to bat during Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh.(PTI Photo)
Yuvraj Singh stretches himself as he waits for his turn to bat during Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh.(PTI Photo)

The tournament will serve the dual purpose for cricketers vying for top honours. For India internationals like comeback men Yuvraj and Nehra, along with fringe players, it will be a testing ground where they can stake claim for a berth in the team for ICC World T20 in March. For those plying their trade in domestic cricket, Mushtaq Ali T20 trophy will give them a platform to impress the various franchises with their skills before the big IPL auction in February.

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The BCCI, in a positive step, has decided to hold Mushtaq Ali T20 keeping the World T20 in mind. The tournament over years had lost significance for being conducted hastily just before Indian Premier League. With auctions over, the domestic talents did not get an opportunity to land IPL contracts.

Punjab skipper Harbhajan and Yuvraj will be fighting it out against Rajasthan at Kochi while Nehra, who made a comeback into the Indian team after four and half years, will be getting himself battle ready with Delhi taking on Railways.

For Yuvraj and Nehra, the additional incentive would be to impress the franchise owners as they are both without any IPL team.

Another person who must be wanting to prove a point would be Suresh Raina, who got an ODI snub after a long time. Raina’s Uttar Pradesh will take on Maharashtra at Cuttack.

It will be after 19 long years that a Bengal team would be without the talismanic all-rounder Laxmi Ratan Shukla, who announced his retirement from competitive cricket, as they take on Hyderabad in Nagpur.

Skipper Manoj Tiwary and senior pacer Ashok Dinda, who got IPL snubs from DD and RCB respectively, will get a chance to keep the franchises interested.

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