Jaydev Unadkat to captain Saurashtra in Vijay Hazare Trophy

The SCA met on Wednesday to select the Saurashtra team for Vijay Hazare tournament and announced that 27-year-old Jaydev Unadkat will lead the side in the upcoming Vijay Hazare tournament. The board has said that Team India players Ravindra Jadeja and Cheteshwar Pujara would be playing subject to their availability for the domestic series.

Meanwhile, wicket-keeper-batsman Sheldon Jackson, who recently made news when took to social media to vent out his frustration against the national selectors, has managed to retain his place in the squad. 

Since the chance of players like Pujara and Jadeja participating in the tournament is subject to their availability, a list of stand by cricketers have been named. Divyarajsinh Chauhan, Kishan Parmar, Yuvraj Chudasama, Vandit Jivrajani, Vivek Agath have made that list. 

Meanwhile, according to a release issued by the SCA, Saurashtra are placed in Elite Group A of the Vijay Hazare competition.

Saurashtra Squad for the upcoming Vijay Hazare trophy: Jaydev Unadkat (Captain), Sheldon Jackson (WK) Kamlesh Makwana, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Harvik Desai (WK) Arpit Vasavada, Chirag Jani, Prerak Mankad, Rajdeep Darbar, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Kushang Patel, Hardik Rathod, Jay Chauhan, Himalay Barad and Agnivesh Ayachi.