Laxman to lead South Zone in Duleep Trophy

India middle order batsman V V S Laxman will lead the 15-member South Zone squad in the Duleep Trophy Cricket tournament, which will commence on January 22.

India middle order batsman V V S Laxman will lead the 15-member South Zone squad in the Duleep Trophy Cricket tournament, which will commence on January 22.

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Four cricketers, who have been selected from Hyderabad, include N Arjun Yadav, Pragyan Ojha and S Anoop Pai, a Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) release said on Monday.

The matches of the tournament will be held at Bangalore, Rajkot and Chennai.

Team: V V S Laxman (cap, Hyd), S Badrinath (v-cap, TN), Abhinav Mukund (TN), Robin Uthappa (Kar), Rahul Dravid (Kar), N Arjun Yadav (Hyd), Dinesh Karthik (Wicket-keeper, TN), R Ashwin (TN), Pragyan Ojha (Hyd), L Balaji (TN), S Sreesanth (Kerala), Vinay Kumar R (Kar), Saurav Bandekar (Goa), Suresh M (Andhra), S Anoop Pai (Hyd).

Coach: B K Venkatesh Prasad (Kar).