JOIN USThe Safi Darashah tournament will begin at Alur grounds from Thursday.
President’s XI, Vice-President’s XI, Bangalore Zone and Combined XI are the four teams participating in the tournament. Apart from the three grounds at Alur, matches will be played at RSI, IAF and BGS.
The tournament will run as one of the final trials for the Ranji Trophy aspirants. Played in the round-robin format, a team that tops the table will emerge champions.
The final set of matches will be held on July 18 and 19.
The squads: President’s XI: Arjun Hoysala, Abhishek Reddy, Mir Kaunain Abbas, Pawan Deshpande (captain), KV Siddarth, KC Avinash, Shreyas Gopal, K Gowtham, J Suchith, Ronit More, Pradeep T, Liyan Khan, Naveen M G, Zeeshan Ali Sayyed, Shubhang Hegde; coach: P V Shashikanth.
Vice-president’s XI: Shishir Bhavane (captain), Shivam Mishra, Sujith N Gowda, Kunal Kapoor, Anirudha Joshi, Sharath Srinivas (wk), Aditya Somanna, Pravin Kumar Dubey, Sharath H S, Mitrakant Yadav, Vignesh Prasad, Deepesh Poonia, Prashanth S, Prithvi Raj, Aman Khan; coach: G K Anil Kumar.
Bangalore Zone: Abhinav Manohar, Rohan Kadam, Naga Bharath, Samarth Ooty, Suneel N Raju, Anurag Bajpai (wk), Bhavesh Gulecha, Abrar Kazi (captain), KC Cariappa, SL Akshay, Sharan Gowda, Nishant Shekhawat, Vikas Kumar Sinha, Bharath Kondajji, G S Chiranjeevi (wk); coach: Sudhindra Shinde.
Combined XI: Arjun S P, Nikin Jose, Aman Raj (captain), Shrijith K L, Yogesh, B R Sharath (wk), Vyshak Vijayakumar, Ritesh Bhatkal, Harish Kumar R, V Koushik, Kushal Wadhwani, Karan M C, Jayesh Babu, Darshan M B, Devdut Padikkal; coach: SN Ameet.
Schedule: July 13-14: At Alur (1): President's XI vs Vice President's XI; At Alur (2): Bangalore Zone vs Combined XI.
July 16-17: At RSI: President's XI vs Bangalore Zone; At Alur (3): Vice President's XI vs Combined XI.
July 18-19: At BGS: President's XI vs Combined XI; At IAF: Vice President's XI vs Banglaore Zone.