North-East Zone squad announced for Duleep Trophy

Dimapur, Sep. 4 (EMN): The 2022-23 domestic season will kickstart with the Duleep Trophy and the much-awaited squads for the prestigious first-class tournament are out, informed Nagaland Cricket Association (NCA) in an update.

The Duleep Trophy will be played in Chennai, Pondicherry, Coimbatore and Salem with the final to be held in Coimbatore from September 21 to the 25th. Six zonal teams-North, South, East, West, Central and North-East zone will be competing for the prestigious trophy.

North-East Zone comprising six states- Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim is scheduled to play the first-ever Duleep Trophy competition after being affiliated to The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), NCA stated.

A four- day conditioning camp of the North-East zone was hosted by Nagaland Cricket Association from September 1 to the 4th and the team is scheduled to depart for Chennai on Monday to play its first match against the West Zone from September 8 to the 11th.

According to NCA, the squad of North-East Zone includes Hokaito Zhimomi-Captain (Nagaland), Jonathan Rongsen (Nagaland), Khrievitso Kense (Nagaland), Muhammed Al Bashid (Manipur), L Kishan Singha (Manipur), Bishworjit Singh Konthoujam (Manipur), Rajkumar Rex Singh (Manipur), Ashish Thapa (Sikkim), Ankur Malik (Sikkim), Techi Neri (Arunachal Pradesh), Techi Doria (Arunachal Pradesh), Dippu Sangma (Meghalaya), Kishan Lyngdoh (Meghalaya), G Lalbiakvela (Mizoram), Bobby Zothansanga (Mizoram).

The support staff are Dr. Atul Gaikwad (coach), Nanda Kumar V (physio), Arzoo Raj (trainer), A K Satish (performance analyst), A J Ajithkumar (masseur) and Chiang D Shira (team manager), it stated