Duleep Trophy: Nehal Wadhera named replacement of injured Mandeep Singh; Jayant Yadav to captain North Zone team

Nehal Wadhera will replace the injured Mandeep Singh in the North Zone team for the upcoming Duleep Trophy, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced in a press release on Thursday. While the BCCI did not specify the nature of Mandeep’s injury, it is learnt that the players has sustained a groin injury. Meanwhile, Jayant Yadav was named as the captain of the North Zone team.
“We received intimation this morning from the Punjab Cricket Association that Mandeep Singh had gotten injured and would be unavailable for the Duleep Trophy. Selectors discussed the issue and unanimously decided that Nehal Wadhera would be the replacement for Mandeep Singh. Since Mandeep Singh was the captain of the side, the Committee also picked Jayant Yadav to lead the North Zone team in the Duleep Trophy,” the statement added.
The Duleep Trophy is the first tournament of the Indian 2023-24 domestic season. The tournament will see six teams — East Zone, West Zone, North Zone, South Zone, Central Zone and North-East Zone — battle for the top honours. It will start from June 28, with the summit clash scheduled to start on July 12.
Earlier, 2022 U-19 World Cup winning captain Yash Dhull was omitted from the North Zone squad. The team will have players like Dhruv Shorey, Harshit Rana, Prashant Chopra, Prabhsimran Singh, and Manan Vohra.
While Priyank Panchal was named the captain of the West Zone squad, Hanuma Vihari will captain South Zone in the tournament.