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Yuvraj, Raina named in Duleep Trophy squads

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Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina will lead two different sides in the competition. © Cricbuzz

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday (August 11) announced the schedule for the upcoming Duleep Trophy tournament, which will be played with pink ball, under lights for the first time.

Three teams - India Red, India Blue and India Green - will feature in the tournament starting August 23, at the Greater Noida International Cricket Stadium in Uttar Pradesh. Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina have been named captains of the three 15-member teams respectively.

Interestingly, Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay, currently a part of the Indian contingent on their tour of West Indies, have been named in the Blue and Green squads. It is likely that the duo will, however, stay back until the end of the ongoing Test series on August 22 and join their respective Duleep Trophy sides from the second round.

With the Indian side for the upcoming two-match Twenty20 International series against West Indies in USA yet to be announced, it is likely that there could be further changes to the Duleep Trophy squads. India A team, currently in Australia for a quadrangular One-Day series, could also have some of its players drafted into the yet-to-be-announced T20I team.

Schedule:

Match 1: India Red vs India Green from August 23-26, 2016

Match 2: India Red vs India Blue from August 29-September 1, 2016

Match 3: India Blue vs India Green, September 4-7, 2016

Final: September 10-14

India Red: Abhinav Mukund, KS Bharat, Sudip Chatterjee, Gurkeerat Singh, Yuvraj Singh (c), Ankush Bains, Arun Karthik, Akshay Wakhare, Kuldeep Yadav, Nathu Singh, Anureet Singh, Ishwar Pandey, Nitish Rana, M Ashwin, Abhimanyu Mithun

India Blue: Gautam Gambhir (c), Mayank Agarwal, Sheldon Jackson, Baba Aprajith, Siddhesh Lad, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Parvez Rasool, K Monish, Krishna Das, Suryakumar Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Pankaj Singh, Shardul Thakur, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari

India Green: Robin Uthappa, Jalaj Saxena, Ambati Rayudu, Ian Dev Singh, Rohan Prem, Suresh Raina (c), Parthiv Patel (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Ashoke Dinda, Sandeep Sharma, Ankit Rajpoot, Rajat Paliwal, Jasprit Bumrah, Murali Vijay

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