Dinesh Karthik to lead Tamil Nadu in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20; Vijay Shankar named his deputy

The
team
has
been
picked
by
the
State
Senior
Selection
Committee
of
the
Tamil
Nadu
Cricket
Association
features
a
few
players
who
shone
in
the
recent
TNPL
like
B
Sai
Sudharshan
and
P
Saravana
Kumar.

Out
of
favour
India
all-rounder
Vijay
Shankar
has
been
named
Dinesh
Karthik’s
deputy
in
the
squad,
which
also
includes
left-arm
pacer
T
Natarajan,
who
has
not
featured
in
the
second
phase
of
the
IPL
2021
in
the
UAE
after
he
tested
positive
for
Covid-19,
and
all-rounder
MS
Washington
Sundar,
who
is
recovering
from
an
injury.

The
team
also
comprises
experienced
campaigners
like
B
Aparajith,
N
Jagadeesan
and
power-hitter
M
Shahrukh
Khan.
The
bowling
unit
includes
Natarajan,
Sandeep
Warrier,
M
Mohammed,
J
Kousik
and
spinners
R
Sai
Kishore,
M
Siddharth
and
leggie
Murugan
Ashwin.
Tamil
Nadu,
the
defending
champion,
features
in
Elite
Group
‘A’ in
the
national
T20
competition.

Full
TN
squad:
Dinesh
Karthik
(captain),
Vijay
Shankar
(vice-captain),
MS
Washington
Sundar,
T
Natarajan,
Sandeep
S
Warrier,
R
Sai
Kishore,
Baba
Aparajith,
N
Jagadeesan,
Murugan
Ashwin,
M
Shahrukh
Khan,
C
Hari
Nishaanth,
M
Siddharth,
V
Ganga
Sridhar
Raju,
M
Mohammed,
J
Kousik,
R
Sanjay
Yadav,
R
Silambarasan,
R
Vivek
Raj,
B
Sai
Sudharshan,
P
Saravana
Kumar.