Karnataka announced a 15-man team on Friday, November 15, for the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The team will be led by Mayank Agarwal, who possesses a remarkable blend of youth and experience. For the renowned T20 event, Agarwal’s deputy has been announced as Manish Pandey.
November 23–December 15 is when the 17th Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will take place. Karnataka is in Group B with several very strong teams, including Baroda, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Saurashtra.
Agarwal and company will play Uttarakhand on November 23 to start their campaign. The previous tournament edition saw the former India opener lead Karnataka in runs scored. The team’s top wicket-taker from the previous season, Krishnappa Gowtham, hasn’t been able to make the cut. Due to their third-place performance in their group, behind Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka did not advance to the knockout stages last year.
The two wicketkeepers in the squad are Chethan LR and Shrijith KL. Both Abhinav Manohar and Devdutt Padikkal are promising young hitters. For the former two-time champions, Shreyas Gopal will be leading the spin-bowling division.
Karnataka squad for SMAT 2024
Mayank Agarwal (Captain), Manish Pandey (Vice-captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Abhinav Manohar, Shreyas Gopal, Smaran R, Shrijith KL (Wicketkeeper), Vijaykumar Vyshak, Vidyadhar Patil, Manoj Bhandage, Macneil H Noronha, Vasuki Koushik, Chethan LR (Wicketkeeper), Shubhang Hegde, Manvath Kumar L
Samit Dravid’s first Karnataka call-up is unsuccessful.
Samit Dravid, the older son of cricket star Rahul Dravid, will have to wait for his first call-up to the Karnataka senior team. Mysuru Warriors, who took home the Maharaja T20 Trophy 2024 earlier this year, included a few useful knocks from the 19-year-old. For the September–October multi-format series against Australia, he was also included in the India Under-19 team.
A former seamer for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Vijaykumar Vyshak rejoins the Karnataka team for the T20 competition after being selected in India’s squad for
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the four-match T20I trip of South Africa. His national obligations in the Rainbow Nation kept him out of the final two Ranji Trophy 2024–25 rounds.
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