Former India captain Anil Kumble too has been included in 18-member squad. Kumble, still an active T20 cricketer who led the Royal Challengeres Bangalore to the IPL final in South Africa early this year, is expected to play a few matches to warm up for the Champions League scheduled for October 8 start. The Bangalorean will be leading the RCB in the Champions League T20 tournament.

The squad: Robin Uthappa (capt), Manish Pandey, Amit Verma, Anil Kumble, Devraj T Patil (wk), Deepak Chougule, B Akhil, Stuart Binny, R Vinay Kumar, Mithun A, S Aravind, Vinu P Narayanan, Sunil N Raju, Jonathan R, Udit B Patel, Mithun Beerala, Raju Bhatkal, KP Appanna. Coach: K Sanath Kumar; Asst. coach:  Somashekar Shiraguppi; Physio: Ramakanth; Manager: Raghuram Bhat.