Left-arm spin all-rounder Abid Mushtaq was on Thursday named in North Zone team for the upcoming Duleep Trophy.
The premier tournament will be held in Bengaluru from June 28 with six zonal teams taking part.
Abid is the only J&K player in the 15-member squad, thanks to his superb numbers in last season’s Ranji Trophy.
In a notification, the Haryana Cricket Association said:
“The North Zone Selection Committee met on 15 June 2023 at the Gurgaon Cricket Ground, Sultanpur, Gurugram to select the squad for the North Zone to participate in the Duleep Trophy to be held from 28th June to 16″ of July 2023 and selected the following players:
Prabhsimran Singh (WK)
Prashant Chopra
Dhruv Shorey
Ankit Kalsi
Mandeep Singh (C)
Ankit Kumar
Pulkit Narang
Nishant Sindhu
Manan Vohra
Jayant Yadav
Baltej Singh
Vaibhav Arora
Harshit Rana
Sidharth Kaul
Abid Mushtaq
The following players were selected to be kept on stand-by in case of exigencies:
Mayank Dagar
Mayank Markande
Ravi Chauhan
Anmol Malhotra
Nehal Wadehra
Diwesh Pathania
Divij Mehra
Kunal Mahajan
The following support staff was finalised for the team:
Coach: Ajay Ratra
Physio: Deepak Surya
Trainer: Rajneesh Mehta
Performance Analyst: Amit Sharma
Masseur: Naresh Kumar Motla
Manager: Col. Irshad A Khan