Veteran opener Mayank Agarwal was on Thursday named captain of Karnataka for the Vijay Hazare Trophy to be held in Ahmedabad from December 21 to January 5, 2025. It will be a chance for Agarwal to make amends as his side failed to reach the knockouts of the competition. ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The most notable aspect of the selection was the appointment of Shreya's Gopal as vice-captain. The leg-spin all-rounder had returned to Karnataka early this season after spending the previous season with Kerala.
Shreyas was rewarded for being the leading wicket-taker for Karnataka in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He took 14 wickets from seven matches at an excellent economy of 6.1.
Seasoned batsman and former captain Manish Pandey was overlooked in what could be the end of the road for him with the state team.
Karnataka will open their campaign against Mumbai on December 21 at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Besides Karnataka and Mumbai, Group C consists of Puducherry, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Saurashtra, Hyderabad and Nagaland.
Karnataka are four-time champions of the premier domestic 50-over competition and their last title win came in the 2019-2020 season.
The team: Mayank Agarwal (Captain), Shreyas Gopal (Vice Captain), S Nikin Jose, KV Aneesh, R Smaran, KL Shrijith, Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Raj, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Vasuki Koushik, Vidyadhar Patil, Kishan Bedare, Abhilash Shetty, Manoj Bhandage , Pravin Dubey, Luvnith Sisodia.
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