Sports Reporter :
AKSHAY Wadkar, who led Vidarbha to Ranji Trophy final last season, has been retained as the skipper and will lead Vidarbha’s 17-member squad that will take on Andhra in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B opener to be played at the Civil Lines Stadium in Nagpur from October 11-14.
VCA’s Senior Selection Committee, which met on Monday, named Atharva Taide as the vice-captain.
THE SQUAD
Akshay Wadkar (Captain & WK), Atharva Taide (Vice-Captain), Aman Mokhade, Yash Rathod, Harsh Dubey, Akshay Karnewar, Yash Kadam, Akshay Wakhare, Aditya Thakare, Shubham Kapse, Nachiket Bhute, Siddhesh Wath (WK), Praful Hinge, Danish Malewar, Umesh Yadav, Mandar Mahale, Karun Nair.
SUPPORT STAFF
Coach: Usman Ghani. Asst Coach: Atul Ranade. S&C Coach: Yuvraj Singh Dasondhi. Physio: Nitin Khurana. Video Analyst: Aniruddha Deshpande. Masseur: Rajsingh Chandel. Sidearm ball thrower: Yash Thorat. Manager: Jitendra Darbhe.
Neel to lead Vid U-23 team vs Rlys
NEEL Athaley will lead Vidarbha’s 16-member squad in their upcoming U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy match against Railways to be played in Rajkot from October 13-16. VCA’s senior selection committee, which met on Monday, named Mohd Faiz as the vice-captain.
VCA U-23 Men’s Team: Neel Athaley (Captain & Wk), Mohd Faiz (Vice-Captain), Satyam Bhoyar, Abhishek Agrawal, Jagjot Sasan, Rohit Binkar, Shivam Deshmukh, Ganesh Bhosale, Varun Bisht, Ashit Singh, Kaustubh Salve, Tejas Soni, Pratham Maheshwari, Sanyog Bhagwat, Rahul Dongarwar, Mandar Ghodmare.
Support Staff
Coach: Ranjeet Paradkar. Trainer: Mohammad Hashim. Manager: Mohammad Sabir. Physio: Akash Asthana. Video Analyst: Ajinkya Sawale.