{"id":194895,"date":"2026-07-20T05:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194895"},"modified":"2026-07-20T05:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:41:17","slug":"ruturaj-gaikwad-to-lead-west-zone-in-duleep-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194895","title":{"rendered":"Ruturaj Gaikwad to lead West Zone in Duleep Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71244682\">Ruturaj Gaikwad will captain a star-studded West Zone squad in the upcoming Duleep Trophy, with Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan returning to the fold after being named in the 15-member squad.<\/p>\n<p>The squad, announced on Monday, has a strong Mumbai flavour, with seven players from the association making the cut. Shams Mulani has been named vice-captain, while all-rounder Shardul Thakur and spinner Tanush Kotian further bolster the side\u2019s balance.<\/p>\n<p>Harvik Desai and Urvil Patel have been picked as the two wicketkeepers. Harvik, who represents Saurashtra, is likely to provide stability behind the stumps, while Gujarat\u2019s Urvil adds an attacking option with the bat.<\/p>\n<p>The batting unit features Shaw, Shivalik Sharma, Musheer Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Jaymeet Patel and Siddharth Desai alongside skipper Gaikwad, giving the selectors a mix of experience and youth.<\/p>\n<p>The pace attack will be spearheaded by Shardul, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chaudhary and Baroda\u2019s Atit Seth, while Mulani and Kotian provide spin-bowling options as capable all-rounders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"info-box\">\n<h5 class=\"main-title\">The squad<\/h5>\n<p>Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Shams Mulani (vice-captain), Prithvi Shaw, Harvik Desai (wk), Shivalik Sharma, Musheer Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Jaymeet Patel, Urvil Patel (wk), Siddharth Desai, Tanush Kotian, Shardul Thakur, Atit Seth, Tushar Deshpande and Mukesh Chaudhary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 20, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ruturaj-gaikwad-captain-west-zone-squad-duleep-trophy-2026\/article71244682.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruturaj Gaikwad will captain a star-studded West Zone squad in the upcoming Duleep Trophy, with Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan returning to the fold after being named in the 15-member squad. The squad, announced on Monday, has a strong Mumbai flavour, with seven players from the association making the cut. Shams Mulani has been named&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NH18Ruturaj20.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":198494,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198494","url_meta":{"origin":194895,"position":0},"title":"East Zone squad for Duleep Trophy 2026-27 \u2014 Ishan Kishan to lead, Sooryavanshi named vice-captain","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on Wednesday was named East Zone vice-captain for the upcoming Duleep Trophy set to be played next month with Ishan Kishan leading the team. 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