Sanju Samson | Photo: S Sreekesh | Mathrubhumi
Kozhikode: The 19-member squad of the Kerala cricket team announced for the Vijay Hazare ODI cricket tournament on Tuesday. It is revealed that Sanju Samson will captain the side and Sachin Baby will be helming the role of the vice-captain. The tournament will commence on December 8 and the Kerala side will leave for Rajkot on December 2.
Kerala will be facing Chandigarh in the first match of the Elite Group C. Following this, the team will be facing Madhya Pradesh on December 9, Maharashtra on December 11, Chhattisgarh on December 12, and Uttarakhand on December 14.
Kerala Team: Sanju Samson (capt), Sachin Baby (vice-captain), Valsal Govind, Rohan Kunnummal, Vishnu Vinod, P.Rahul, Abdul Basit, S.Mithun, Akshay KC, Vaishakh Chandran, Basil Thambi, Vishweshwar Suresh, Nidheesh MD, Anand Joseph, Jalajj Saxena, Mohammad Azharuddeen, Vinoop Manoharan, Sijomon Joseph, Manu Krishnan.