Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy : This batsman who got out on zero in two consecutive T20 matches, was made the captain of the team
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy : After scoring three centuries in five T20 innings for India, wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson has been given the captaincy of the Kerala team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. After his amazing performance, the Kerala Cricket Association has appointed Samson as the captain for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The tournament is scheduled to run from 23 November to 15 December.
Sanju Samson was seen playing under the captaincy of Sachin Baby in the Ranji Trophy
Sanju Samson was seen playing under the captaincy of Sachin Baby in the Ranji Trophy. India has no white ball matches till January, making Samson available for Kerala for the entire Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament. The Indian team is currently on a tour of Australia for the five-match Border-Gavaskar series.
Will play all matches at Gymkhana Ground and Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
Kerala is placed in Group E along with Goa, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Services, Nagaland and Andhra Pradesh. The Kerala team will play all its matches at Gymkhana Ground and Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. Sanju Samson has scored a century in three of the five T20 matches played recently. Sanju Samson scored a century against Bangladesh and scored two consecutive centuries against South Africa and then scored another century in the fourth and last T20 against South Africa. Samson became the first Indian batsman to score a century in two consecutive T20 matches
With this, Samson became the first Indian batsman to score a century in two consecutive T20 matches. After this, he was out twice on zero in the next two matches. But then he scored another century in the fourth and final T20 of the series. Kerala will start their campaign against Services in Hyderabad on November 23.
Kerala squad for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Sanju Samson (captain), Sachin Baby, Rohan Kunnumal, Jalaj Saxena, Vishnu Vinod, Mohammed Azharuddin, Basil Thampi, S Nizar, Abdul Basit, .. A Scaria, Ajans EM, Sijoman .. Joseph, Midhun S, Vaisakh Chandran, Vinod Kumar CV, Basil NP, Sharafuddin NM, Nidhish MD.