New Delhi, Aug 7: India wicket-keeper Dhruv Jurel has been named as the captain of the Central Zone team for the upcoming Duleep Trophy, starting on August 28 in Bengaluru.
Apart from him, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar and Khaleel Ahmed are the other India players included in the 15-member squad.
India batter Rajat Patidar, who captained Royal Challengers Bengaluru to IPL 2025 trophy, has been named the vice-captain. But his availability is subject to fitness clearance by the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE). It is to be noted that Patidar had been dealing with a finger injury sustained during fielding in IPL 2025.
Jurel, meanwhile, was recently a part of India’s 2-2 drawn Test series against England, and played the last Test at The Oval, which the visitors’ won by six runs. Jurel had also been the substitute keeper for India when Rishabh Pant couldn’t take up keeping duties due to finger injury and later foot fracture at Lord’s and Manchester respectively.
Khaleel, on the other hand, is coming off a county stint with Essex, which was cut short to just two County Championship appearances due to personal reasons.
Kuldeep, meanwhile, didn’t get a game to play in the Test tour of England, while Chahar was seen bowling at Indian team’s practice sessions ahead of the third game at Lord’s. (PTI)
