Lakshmipathy Balaji appointed as Tamil Nadu player-cum-coach
Chennai: Former India swing bowler Lakshmipathy Balaji will be
Tamil Nadu's player-cum-bowling coach as they take on Baroda in
the opening game of the Ranji Trophy 2015-16 at the MA
Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai starting October 1.
India discard and left-handed opening batsman Abhinav Mukund,
who played five Tests in 2011, would be leading the side. U Sushil
and M Kaushik Gandhi would join the team for matches to be
played at Indore against Madhya Pradesh from October 8th to 11th
and against Mumbai in Mumbai from October 15th to 18th.
In the other camps, right-handed batsman Devendra Bundela has
been retained as skipper of Madhya Pradesh team. MP will play
against Uttar Pradesh at Moradabad from October 1 in their first
match of the season, a member of Madhya Pradesh Cricket
Association (MPCA) was quoted as saying on Tuesday. He said in
their second game MP will play against Tamil Nadu at Indore from
October 8.