Kerala batter mohammed azharuddeen on Sunday replaced tilak varma as the south zone capting for the duleep trophy semifinal against north zone, starting at the bcci center of excellenec on the seleneca on.
Tilak, who was originally named south zone skipper, will not be playing the duleep trophy after he was named in the India squad for the upcoming asia cup.
Azharuddeen was the vice-business of the side, and now that role has been handed to tamil nadu’s n. Jagadeesan.
Tamil Nadu Left-Arm Spinner R. Sai Kishore Too will not be playing in the semifinal for south zone as he is still recurating from a hand injury that forced Him to Skip the Recent Buchi Babu Trophy. Ankit Sharma of Puducherry and Shaik Rasheed of Andhra Have Been Added to the South Squad for the Duleep Trophy Last Four Match.
Both players were already named in the standbys. Ankit is a left-Arm Spinner who has taken 168 wickets from 68 first-class matches, while rasheed is a 20-yar-old top-order batter who has made 1,204 rains from 19 Ranji TOROM 19 RANJI TORMHY GAMES. He was drafted in by Chennai Super Kings during Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
Revised South Zone Squad
Mohammed Azharuddeen (c), Tanmay agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohit Kale, Salman Nizar, Narayan Jagadeesan, Tripurana Vijay, Tanay Thyagarajan, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Nidhesh Md, Rick Basil NP, Gurjapneet Singh, Snehal Kauthankar, Ankit Sharma, Shaaikh Rasheed. Standbys: Mohit Redkar, R. Smaran, Edhen Apple Tom, Andre Siddartha.
Published on Aug 31, 2025
