Manish Pandey excluded from Karnataka’s Vijay Hazare Trophy squad

Karnataka State Cricket Affiliation just lately got here ahead and introduced their squad for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy. One of many largest information that got here with the squad announcement is the exclusion of Manish Pandey from their squad for the event. 

In line with the higher-ups and KSCA choice committee chair J Abhiram, the board appears to have moved on from the variety of senior gamers of their squad, with Manish Pandey being one of many few as nicely. Moreover, the board believes that the possibilities of Pandey’s comeback to the squad are powerful, and exclusion was purely based mostly on kind. 

It’s value noting that Manish Pandey amassed 117 runs in 5 innings as Karnataka did not make the SMAT knockouts. “We as an affiliation have realised that we have to transfer on from the gamers of previous and usher in new blood. We can’t dwell in previous glory,” Abhiram was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.

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It’s also attention-grabbing to notice that Manish Pandey was Karnataka’s vice captain within the first half of the Ranji Trophy, and the KSCA even said that Pandey will not be thought-about for the again finish of the event as nicely.

For the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy, Mayank Agarwal will lead Karnataka for the event with Shreyas Gopal as his deputy. Moreover, the likes of S Nikin Jose, KV Aneesh, R Smaran, and KL Shrijith are additionally part of the squad.

Karnataka squad: Mayank Agarwal (capt), Shreyas Gopal (vice-capt), S Nikin Jose, KV Aneesh, R Smaran, KL Shrijith, Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Raj, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Vasuki Koushik, Vidyadhar Patil, Kishan Bedare, Abhilash Shetty, Manoj Bhandage, Pravin Dubey, Luvnith Sisodia

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