JOIN USThe sixth edition of the Karnataka Premier League, beginning on September 1, could lose some star players, with the Duleep Trophy kicking off a week later.
The squads for the Duleep Trophy were announced by the BCCI on Wednesday. Karnataka’s K Gowtham (India Red), Karun Nair and R Samarth (India Green) were named in the squads. The tournament will be held from September 7 to 29 in Kanpur and Lucknow, meaning the trio will be available in the KPL only during the first week of the tournament.
The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) said it will talk to the BCCI to allow the players to play in KPL during non-match days of the Duleep Trophy. “We are very happy for the three players from Karnataka who have been selected for the Duleep Trophy. We will request the BCCI to release the players during the non-match days so that they can be a part of KPL,” said a KSCA official.
Squads: India Red: Abhinav Mukund (captain), Priyank Panchal, Sudip Chatterjee, Ishank Jaggi, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Baba Indrajith, K Gowtham, Karn Sharma, Basil Thampi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ashok Dinda, Rahul Singh, CV Milind. India Green: Parthiv Patel (captain &wk), Murali Vijay, R Samarth, P Chopra, Shreyas Iyer, Karun Nair, Ankit Bawne, Shahbaz Nadeem, Parvez Rasool, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Sidharth Kaul, Mayank Dagar, Nitin Saini, Aniket Choudhary. India Blue: Suresh Raina (captain), Samit Gohel, KS Bharat, AR Easwaran, Manoj Tiwary, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jayant Yadav, Bharghav Bhatt, KM Gandhi, Ishant Sharma, Ankit Rajpoot, S Kamat, Jaydev Unadkat.