Deodhar Trophy: Vihari, Parthiv, and Shubman declared as captains

The Deodhar Trophy for the 2019-20 season will be played at Ranchi from October 31 to November 4. The tournament will feature the India A, India B, and India C national-level teams. BCCI announced the captains for the three teams on Thursday. These teams were decided by the chief selection committee of the BCCI which is headed by MSK Prasad.

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Hanuma Vihari to captain India A

India Test batsman Hanuma Vihari will be captaining the India A side. Hanuma's popularity rose during the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) when he was a vital part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Explosive Mumbai Indians wicketkeeper and the captain of the 2016 Under-19 India squad, Ishan Kishan, is also a part of India A. Ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who has made a comeback of many sorts, will also play for India A. Here is the full squad for India A:

Hanuma Vihari (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Devdutt Padikkal, AR Easwaran, Vishnu Vinod, Amandeep Khare, Abhishek Raman, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Sandeep Warrier, Siddarth Kaul, and Bhargav Merai. 

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Parthiv Patel to captain India B

Veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel was declared as the captain of the India B side. Along with Parthiv, the side will also boast the likes of RCB pacer Mohammed Siraj. Here is the full squad of the India B:

Parthiv Patel (captain/wicketkeeper), Priyank Panchal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Baba Aparajith, Kedar Jadhav, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Shahbaz Nadeem, Anukul Roy, K Gowtham, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Siraj, Rush Kalaria, Yarra Prithviraj, and Nitish Rana. 

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Young Shubman Gill becomes India C captain

The 20-year-old Punjab batsman, who also made a name for himself while playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders, will be leading India C. The India C team will also include Test superstar Mayank Agarwal, and Gill's KKR captain Dinesh Karthik. Here is the full squad of the team:

Shubman Gill (captain), Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Priyam Garg, Axar Patel, Mayank Markande, Jalaj Saxena, Avesh Khan, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ishan Porel, DG Pathania, and Virat Singh.

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